The Dangerous Lives of Altar Boys by Chris Fuhrman

Author:Chris Fuhrman [Fuhrman, Chris]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Tags: Fiction, Religious, Literary, Literary Criticism, Women Authors
ISBN: 9780820335858
Google: o7iagHvQM0MC
Amazon: B005F6A6GC
Publisher: University of Georgia Press
Published: 1994-08-14T14:00:00+00:00

Shopping on a Budget

The next night, while I was attempting to go to sleep, my brothers talked to each other from their bunks. They laughed at something, and Daddy came up the stairs with a beer in his hand and turned the light on. He said we were there to sleep, and that if he heard another peep out of us he was coming back with the belt and give it to us all. Then he went back downstairs to the late show and my mother. I didn’t understand how he could’ve heard them unless he had the TV turned low and was listening out for us.

Looking back on these sort of incidents, I can only think that because their room adjoined ours it was important to them that we be asleep before they went to bed, if they wanted privacy. But all I knew at the time was that I drifted off to sleep that night with my brothers whispering, and abruptly the light was on and the sheet was stripped off me and my dad was slashing me awake with the belt. I judged him a cruel son of a bitch, Mama was guilty for allowing it, and if I was a juvenile delinquent I might as well blame it on that. The adult world was baffling and mean and I cared nothing for its laws.

Download

Copyright Disclaimer:
This site does not store any files on its server. We only index and link to content provided by other sites. Please contact the content providers to delete copyright contents if any and email us, we'll remove relevant links or contents immediately.