Good Family by Terry Gamble

Author:Terry Gamble
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Publisher: HarperCollins
Published: 2005-04-05T04:00:00+00:00

We slept in the nursery where I had slept as a child with Louisa. My great-grandmother’s shadow had walked here. My cousin and, later, Jamie had pressed themselves upon me. Yet the room felt safe as a sanctuary. I knew the patterns in the wood grain; the faded geraniums on the curtains; the squeak of the mattress; the smell. It was a room of dead moths and lavender. How many children had breathed into these pillows or nestled beneath the covers on a chilly summer night? The toilet in the WC next to us ran constantly. I checked the crib for spiders, judged the width between the rails to be safe. Derek’s son had slept here, as had Sedgie’s children. As a baby, Jessica had lifted her head like a turtle; later, when she could stand, she would shake the bars and scream. A pillow needlepointed by my mother read Shhhh! Baby’s sleeping! The rail pad had Winnie-the-Pooh and Tigger doing somersaults, flying kites, and being chased by bees. Into this downy nest, I laid my child.

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