51 BIRCH STREET

Doug Block had every reason to believe his parents’ 55-year marriage was a good one. So he isn’t prepared when, a few months after his mother’s unexpected death, his father phones to announce that he’s moving to Florida to live with his secretary from 40 years before.Always close to his mother and equally distant from his father, he’s stunned.When the long-time family home is sold, Doug realizes that he has only a few short weeks before his father will be gone, and a lifetime of memories will be packed away forever. He grabs his camera and heads to suburban Long Island determined to learn more about his parents’ marriage and confront this stranger who is his father.Through probing conversations and the surprising discovery of 35 years of his mother’s daily diaries, he comes to terms with two parents who are far more complex and troubled than he ever imagined.