"I know that there was a genuine bond and a love between my parents"

Growing up he realized how much danger he put his family in with attempted escape.

"My gran still tells the story of when I was three years old and, fed up

with being a prisoner, I dug a hole under the gate in the driveway, wriggled through, and ran off. Everyone panicked. A search party went out and tracked me down. I had no idea how much danger I was putting everyone in. The family could have been deported, my gran could have been arrested, my mom might have gone to prison, and I probably would have been packed off to a home for colored kids."

country. Why should I leave?"