Humans by Brandon Stanton

Author:Brandon Stanton [Stanton, Brandon]
Language: eng
Format: azw3
Publisher: St. Martin's Publishing Group
Published: 2020-10-06T00:00:00+00:00

“We’re talking about how important it is to take a shower every day.”

LIMA, PERU

“I had to take a bike ride to get away from my teenage daughter. She missed the deadline for her college application, but she lied and told me that she’d sent it in on time. I believed her. I decided to give her space and let her do it on her own. Then yesterday I found a letter saying that her application came too late. So I cooked her dinner. I let her have a nice meal. Then I served her the letter for dessert. We started arguing. She told me that she wants to take a semester off. She thinks I’m bossing her around and she wants to do things her own way. But I worked two jobs for this girl. I raised her on my own. I’ve given her everything. She was born at 11:58 p.m., two minutes before my birthday. She looks just like me. She acts just like me. And she’s stubborn like me. Whenever we butt heads I think, ‘Oh my God. I’m Angie. I’m fighting with my eighteen-year-old self.’ Except I was already pregnant with her older brother by then. And I just want things to be easier for her.”

NEW YORK, UNITED STATES

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