I Hold a Wolf by the Ears by Laura van Den Berg

Author:Laura van Den Berg
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux

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How confusing to be the husband of a comatose woman, I sometimes think as we drive to Augusta, past the dark lakes and the tall green trees. What to do with desire, for one thing. Where to put it.

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As winter descends, the pure shock of what has happened begins to lift. Our register for beauty returns. Fresh snow on cobblestone streets. Twilight over the bay. During another blizzard, we stay up watching black-and-white movies. Outside, the snowfall is so heavy it looks like someone has wrapped the city in a blanket. We discuss things that do not involve pressure-sore dressings or insurance policies or gun control marches or any of the terrible acronyms we have learned: PVS and DPTS and GCS. Instead, Pat teases me about having not bothered to learn Russian for my job.

“You really don’t know a single word?”

“I keep trying to learn how can I help you, but it always comes out like I’m the one asking for help.”

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