The Women's Room by Marilyn French

Author:Marilyn French [French, Marilyn]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Fiction, Classics
ISBN: 9780748132140
Google: fiXaDkU3DoQC
Publisher: Hachette UK
Published: 2011-07-13T16:00:00+00:00

‘Oh, sometimes. But you always meet people when you travel. I’d carry a camera and take pictures, and sometimes I was able to sell them to travel magazines. That helped.’

People began to leave. Studying, they said. Grant left suddenly, curtly. Mira decided he was nobody’s boyfriend. Mira and Val remained and offered to help with dishes, but Iso refused. Ava stopped playing and came shyly into the room, accepting praise with a sweet smile, as she lowered her body to the floor.

‘Have you been playing long?’ Mira asked.

‘Since second grade. My second-grade teacher let me stay after school and play the piano in the classroom.’

She spoke with shy glances at her auditors, then dropped her eyes again. She did not seem to want to talk anymore.

‘She didn’t have lessons until she was twelve,’ Iso said with pride. ‘Her daddy bought her a piano then.’

‘Yes, but he sold it when I was fifteen,’ Ava giggled.

‘They were having hard times,’ Iso explained as if she were Ava’s interpreter. But Ava shot her a warning look, a hard fiery glance that lasted only half a second, and Iso fell silent. In the awkwardness, Mira stood up, knocking the chair arm off again.

‘Oh, dear!’ she wailed, and the evening ended with smiles.

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