After the Eclipse by Sarah Perry

Author:Sarah Perry
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

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I didn’t have the full picture regarding Denny, and Mom was too unsure to act on what she saw. A few months into their relationship, his temper got him fired from the Shop. I now know that he became more controlling after he left, perhaps because he couldn’t monitor Mom all day anymore. Her friend Sandy recently told me that she would often see him pull Mom aside, talking low into her ear and scowling while tears came to her eyes. Sandy couldn’t hear these exchanges, but she gathered that they were over little things: Crystal smiled at a male friend and Dennis took it the wrong way, or he was simply having a bad day and she hadn’t given him enough attention.

Shortly after he found a new job at an auto parts store, Sandy said, Dennis made Mom cut her hair. I was surprised to hear this; despite everything she put up with, it’s hard for me to imagine her taking such a specific order. But I admit I can see her giving in after he hounded her about it over and over, reasoning that, well, it’s just hair, after all, and hair grows. But her hair wasn’t just hair. Her hair was the most powerful emblem of her beauty, and it seems he wanted it reduced. He wanted to be the only one looking at her.

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