Miss America's teeth are missing — lost along with so many shattered opportunities and decayed dreams over three-and-a-half decades of substance misuse that took almost everything, from a breathtaking smile to money needed to run the air-conditioner on some sweltering, Deep South summers.
Susan's story begins with her parents, in the era when America's peak Barbie culture met the dawn of the achievement culture.
They named it Radar, after a character on the popular TV show MASH . But Herman and Radar were only the beginning for Dot and Earl, as they and families across the rural South were staking claim to dreams and status symbols that didn't seem possible before.
Earl proudly ushered guests to his man-space, opened the refrigerator and offered a Coors beer from an impressive stash. Coors Light was a status symbol east of the Mississippi, highly coveted like Cuban cigars. Coors was hard to get in the South and East since it wasn't pasteurized and didn't have preservatives — therefore considered illegal, or bootleg, in many states. Earl didn't much drink the stuff himself, opting for his favorite Seagram's V.O., the Canadian whisky blend. His joy came in showing off his smuggled beer stash to guests.
When the family built a new home by Meridian's country club, Earl designed the clover-shaped swimming pool.
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