The Narrow Door by Paul Lisicky

Author:Paul Lisicky
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 978-1-55597-921-8
Publisher: Graywolf Press
Published: 2015-08-25T04:00:00+00:00

Hello, dear,

It was great to hear from you—it’s been too, too long! I’ve thought about you a lot lately, and have wanted to sit down and write, but there’s been too much to tell. We’ll have to talk on the phone soon one of these days. In the meantime, here are the headlines in no particular order. I hope this doesn’t sound like an irritating form Christmas letter!

—We sold the Provincetown house last month and must move everything out by the end of December.

—We just had our kitchen redone in our apartment—a seven-month project that was really disruptive and full of drama after drama.

—I finished my new novel in September—and the last few months have been preoccupied with the disgustingly stressful project of trying to find a new agent. I just want to get this shit over with—too damn slow.

—The saddest news of all is that my mom isn’t doing well health-wise. She’s been losing her memory very rapidly all year—it turns out that she’s been diagnosed with dementia—and she often doesn’t know who any of us are. She’s occasionally confused me with her dead twin. She often doesn’t recognize my father, who’s been her caretaker. The last few months have been awful, actually.

—Bobby, God bless him, has been able to help out with my parents. I don’t think it’s been an easy fall for him either. He took care of both of them after Hurricane Wilma when they lost power for a week.

—And there it is: life in sound-byte form. I’d love to see you sometime in person, so let me know the next time you’re in the city. Is Austen still living in Park Slope? I hope you had a wonderful Thanksgiving—Let me know what’s been up when you get the chance.

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