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“On the plane to Mexico City, I thought about how death shreds time. My ordinary life had vanished.”

Life Death Time Change Loss Grief

Book:A Manual for Cleaning Women: Selected Stories

Source: A Manual for Cleaning Women: Selected Stories

“I can't handle you being dead, Ter. But you know that.”

Death Loss Grief Mourning Coping

Book:A Manual for Cleaning Women: Selected Stories

Source: A Manual for Cleaning Women: Selected Stories

“Watcha gonna do when I'm gone, Maggie?" you kept asking over and over, the other time, when you were going to London. "I'll do macrame, punk." "Whatcha gonna do when I'm gone, Maggie?" "You really think I need you that bad?" "Yes," you said. A simple Nebraska statement.”

Death Loss Leaving Macrame

Book:A Manual for Cleaning Women: Selected Stories

Source: A Manual for Cleaning Women: Selected Stories

“Oh, Mel, what am I going to do? Quit teaching? Travel? Get a doctorate? Commit suicide? Where did that thought come from?”

Loss Grief Decisions Mourning Changes

Book:A Manual for Cleaning Women: Selected Stories

Source: A Manual for Cleaning Women: Selected Stories

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