Hope: A Memoir of Survival in Cleveland by Amanda Berry

Author:Amanda Berry
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
ISBN: 9780698178953
Publisher: Penguin Publishing Group
Published: 2015-04-27T07:00:00+00:00

June 2007: Seamstress

Gina

I really like the T-shirt he bought me at a thrift shop that says YOUNG AND ANGRY across the front. It used to fit me, but I’ve lost a lot of weight, and now it’s too big. So I cut out the words, glue them on construction paper, and tape the piece to my wall. That’s me! I’m young and I am angry.

I have a hole in my jogging pants, so I ask him for a needle and thread and start sewing. When I’m done he says I did a good job, and he never says anything nice.

“Can you sew these buttons back on?” he asks, handing me a shirt and the popped buttons.

I do that quickly and then stitch a ripped blanket, too. I like sewing. I taught myself in here, and it’s fun and makes time move faster. I suddenly think of a million more things I can fix, and what I can do with the secondhand shirts and dresses he has bought us. They will look a lot better if they’re not four sizes too big. He says he’ll get me more thread, and I hope he hurries up about it.

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