Shirley by Susan Scarf Merrell

Author:Susan Scarf Merrell
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Penguin Group US
Published: 2014-06-11T16:00:00+00:00

Fourteen

MY MOTHER. A slivered moon night, that part of winter before the snow has fallen, cold hits the body like a shock and we are outside, my fingers frozen, and those are her limbs by the crumbling stucco wall: her arms, her legs swept into a pile by some insane and diligent gardener. Her eyes are closed; her mouth is peaceful. I want to wake up, I admit it, I’m not ashamed. Wake up. Wake up! I tell the truth, confess it here: Momma, I saved myself instead of you.

Fifteen

OKAY THEN, I thought. I would try. I had my pencil, and the yellow pad I’d taken from Fred’s briefcase. Okay, then.

Begin at the beginning.

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