Dear Prudence: The Story Behind the Song AUTH-14921442 He became one of America's

He became one of America's rare "public literary figures

In Charles Dickens' A Tale of Two Cities

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he discovered the "real world" had no place for people like him - people who weren't considered normal or valuable by societal standards

the couple spent the summer of 1932 walking the Appalachian Trail from Katahdin to the Massachusetts border

Dear Prudence: The Story Behind the Song AUTH-14921442 He became one of America's"The sun is up, the sky is blue, it's beautiful, and so are you" Those simple lines from the Beatles' ballad, "Dear Prudence," are easily recognizable by anyone who lived through the 1960s, as well as by the millions of people who continue to enjoy the Beatles' music today. But who was Prudence? Did she ever come out into the sunshine and greet the new day, as John Lennon beseeched her to do? What's the real story behind the song? Prudence Farrow