“He says when your grandmother died your mother cried solidly for a week, solidly. She was crying with relief he says, it was like as if a door had been unlocked and she'd been let outside, she said to me I'm safe now. He waits, and he says this kid, when it's born, you mustn't ever let it think it's anything other than a gift and a blessing, do you hear me?” IfsThinkingSaidKidsMotherWaitingBornDoorsWeekCryBlessingSafeDiedReliefGrandmotherCriedYour Grandmother Book:If Nobody Speaks of Remarkable Things Source: If Nobody Speaks of Remarkable Things
“I wonder how many ways there are for a mother to produce that wreckage in her own daughter, and my muscles tense as I think of them.” ThinkingWayMotherWonderProduceDaughterMusclesTenseWreckage Book:If Nobody Speaks of Remarkable Things Source: If Nobody Speaks of Remarkable Things
