AdvertisementAuthor Richard Ford Says 'Let Me Be Frank' About Aging And DyingNovember 12, 2014facebookEmailA house on the central Jersey Shore coast collapsed after Superstorm Sandy hit in 2012. Richard Ford said he focused on houses in the wake of the storm in his new book, Let Me Be Frank With You, because they have an "almost iconic status." "A house is where you look out the window and see the world," he says. (AP)