“She'd already learned that pretty exposes you and pretty hides you and like most girls, she hadn't yet learned how to navigate the difference.” Coming Of Age Novel Book:The Mothers Source: The Mothers
“She licked cinnamon sugar off her fingers, sun-heavy and happy, the type of happiness that before might have felt ordinary, but now seemed fragile, like if she stood too quickly, it might slide off her shoulders and break.” Coming Of Age Novel Book:The Mothers Source: The Mothers