Drinking Closer to Home by Jessica Anya Blau

Author:Jessica Anya Blau
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: HarperCollins

Every morning, Jo has answered the phone. Portia has asked the same questions each time: what is Esmé eating, are there are enough books in the apartment for her, is she getting outside every day, and have they been to any parks or museums? It is lunch there when they talk and Jo tells Portia what she has prepared, where they have been, where they plan to go and what books they have read. She was calling her “Miss Portia” and it made Portia feel guilty and uncomfortable, a reminder of the inequalities in the world and her place within them. When Portia told her not to call her “MISS Portia,” Jo corrected herself and said “Mrs. Portia.” Portia didn’t have the heart to correct her again.

When Esmé gets on the phone, Portia asks the same questions over again and gets different versions of the day’s events. Yes, they went to Barnes and Noble for story hour, but the boy next to Esmé smelled like pee so it wasn’t that much fun.

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