Adults by Emma Jane Unsworth

Author:Emma Jane Unsworth [Jane Unsworth, Emma]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
Published: 2019-11-22T17:00:00+00:00

I ADORED

Art’s mother. She was splendid – stately and sharp, in her tiny flat by the water in Glasgow. Her name was Deborah (Deborah) (it did, actually, suit her) but everyone called her Debs. My mind often returns even now to those Friday nights when we caught the sleeper train to her place. The duck pond. The red bricks. The hallway tiled with tasteful art. I’d walk through the dappled lounge out to the veranda and she’d rise from her sunbed, warm and musky, and pull me close with such a sweetness I felt as though she was my daughter – that was the level of delight. When she cooked for us – invariably a roast chicken – all the condiments came out: mustard, horseradish, peanut butter, mango chutney, the lot. She was like that. Generous. I got to a point where I was scared of saying I liked anything in case she gave it to me. One time she packed me off with a thin, sinister wooden statue of the Virgin Mary (I thought it was a decorative shoehorn!), Art rolling his eyes as I trotted dutifully out of the door with it in my hand. I still had that, somewhere, in a shoebox, along with a silver St Gerard pendant she gave me when we said we were trying.

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