But you never feel things so deeply—so strongly—as you do in high school. You
I hope you’ll never know how sadness can twist your heart, and make you a stranger to yourself.
I was surrounded by people. A hundred men, some women, my brother, Ernesto. No one did anything as the man pulled my pants down. No one intervened—not even God—as
Is reading a sport?
It was a place you could make into a home if your home hadn’t worked out.
It’s okay, I said, holding her, starting to cry myself. It’s not okay, said Jane. But it’s the way it is.
My mother told me that when Jane and I were born, all her dreams had come true. I
No matter how much I pushed, she refused to have the genetic screening that could save her life. I
When you are small, if you reach out, and nobody takes your hand, you stop reaching out, and reach inside, instead.
When you're small, if you reach out, and nobody takes your hand, you stop reaching out, and reach inside, instead.
Also, i wanted to kiss you, said lola. come here, said emmett.
And sure enough, emmett's voice rose above the din. at some point, though, a mistake becomes a decision, whether you like it or not. in this, my husband and i were fundamentally different. in my opini...
As she walked back to her husband, lola thought about lying on her expensive sheets and holding a baby - their baby - to her breast. to the baby, lola would smell like a mother, and the ridiculous cha...
Genetic workup showed I had a BRCA1 mutation, I chose to undergo chemo and have my breasts removed. (That was an aggressive course of action, and I had no regrets. My
She had to admit the essential difference between Iain and herself: he believed in the possibility of a carnation-strewn, uncomplicated life, and Lola did not. perhaps Iain had thought he could convin...