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Chaptere 2 – vi
!!!!!!!********WORKING DRAFT********!!!!!!! Colored lights began to break through the evening mist as we pulled up to Mike’s house in Woodland Park. Set on a little rise above the street, the front lawn was filled with homemade Christmas decorations cut from … Continue reading →
Chapter 2 – v
!!!!!!!********WORKING DRAFT********!!!!!!! Christmas day was always a bit depressing at the Stein house. If it were on a Saturday, we could hide out at the synagogue, otherwise the lack of traffic and the sounds of merriment from the gentiles all … Continue reading →
Chapter 2 – iv
!!!!!!!********WORKING DRAFT********!!!!!!! Mike drove back for Christmas break. Saturday afternoon, he stopped at my house first before going home. “How was it, the drive,” I asked. “Did it take long, did you go all night?” “No, I left at noon … Continue reading →
Chapter 2-iii
!!!!!!!********WORKING DRAFT********!!!!!!! Thanksgiving came and went as a blur. Mike and I had one afternoon and evening together, the Friday after. A drizzly mist greeted us downtown as we walked from store to store, circling Shillito’s to see the animated … Continue reading →
Chapter 2 – ii
!!!!!!!********WORKING DRAFT********!!!!!!! October 12, Columbus Day, we had off. Since it was a holiday, long-distance rates were low, like on Saturday nights or Sundays. I bargained with my father for a 10 minute call to Connecticut. “It’s only two dollars … Continue reading →
Chapter 2 – i
!!!!!!!********WORKING DRAFT********!!!!!!! Let’s not demand so much of every single moment. Lizzie and I met on the steps under the dome, first day of senior year. My notebook was crammed with paper already, most of it blank, ready for note-taking … Continue reading →
Chapter 1 – xv
!!!!!!!********WORKING DRAFT********!!!!!!! Michael was due in Middletown on Labor Day. Friday, the day before he was to leave, I came over to his house. We sat at the shallow end of his pool, absorbing the still radiant late-summer sunshine. A … Continue reading →
Chapter 1 – xiv.a
!!!!!!!*******WORKING DRAFT*******!!!!!!! The second weekend in August was one of those Dog Days in the midwest, hot, muggy, with oppressive heavy air. A perfect day to hide my hair. Mike and his parents picked me up on their way to … Continue reading →
Chapter 1 – xiv
Mornings are chilly in Menemsha, near the sea. A sweater, my summer shorts, and knee high socks were sometimes not enough protection against the fog floating in off the Gulf stream. Every day, I’d walk down to the water’s edge, … Continue reading →
Chapter 1 – xi
In the car, we headed north towards the shopping mall just opened by the new interchange of I-75 and 275. As we started towards the expressway entrance, the light turned yellow. Mike slammed on the brakes and flung his right … Continue reading →