Everything Must Go by Jenny Fran Davis

Author:Jenny Fran Davis
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: St. Martin's Press
Published: 2017-08-25T04:00:00+00:00

To: Flora Goldwasser <[email protected]>

From: Lael Goldwasser <[email protected]>

Subject: Re: Mum!!!

November 30, 11:54 p.m.

Oh my God. That is so, so rich. It almost makes me wish I were home to experience it with you.

Almost.

Did I tell you what Mum said to me when she came up for parents’ weekend?? (Honestly, I was surprised she even remembered when it was, but I guess I shouldn’t be so shocked—she’d never miss an excuse to talk loudly about the evils of apartheid—which she experienced firsthand, she never fails to add, never mind the fact that she was WHITE—with all her other former classmates whose kids are at Harvard now.)

Anyway, we went shopping for something for me to wear to the holiday a cappella concert, and she would NOT stop talking about my weight. I mean, literally every college freshman gains a bit of weight. This is hardly news. And you’ll see when I come home over winter break that it’s not even that dramatic. But, like, would it occur to her to not make a huge deal about it? I mean, her entire profession is dealing with pregnant women, so you’d think she’d have learned a little tact.

Ugh. I feel like we’re both being extra tough on Mum, even though if we really think about it, Daddy’s to blame for the dissolution of their marriage: he’s the one who gave up even trying to work things out, choosing instead to sleep at the office more nights than not just to avoid Mum’s wrath.

But don’t even get me started on Daddy. He calls me for ten minutes a week, asks me about my grades, and then says he has to let Ginger out. God, it’s disgusting how he treats me like a little A-making machine. I mean, you should know: he does the exact same thing to you, Miss Quare superstar.

Anyway, Nell sounds like a nightmare, and you’re my hero for sticking it out this weekend. I owe you a private concert.

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