Aunty Lily by Munro Jennifer;

Author:Munro, Jennifer;
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Parkhurst Brothers, Inc.

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I PICKED UP THE TELEPHONE and dialed long distance. My mother would have a heart attack—it was mid-week and usually I called her from the States on a Sunday morning. She would immediately panic and jump to the conclusion that something was wrong.

“Hello, Mum.”

“What’s wrong?”

“Nothing! I’m just calling to say I love you.” There was a loud snort at the other end of the phone.

“The truth is I have this project to do for my master’s program. I need to find out the story of my birth.”

Personally, I thought the project was a waste of my time; since my mother was rhesus negative this meant that for safety’s sake, just like my brother and sister, I had been born at Bond Street Hospital.

“I’m sure it’s a boring story,” I continued. “Contractions, pack the bag, and off to the hospital, where I expect Dad went to the waiting room and puffed on his Woodbine cigarettes until it was all over. End of story!”

“Well, that’s how much you know,” she said with a slightly superior attitude.

Then, for the next thirty minutes, I listened in amazement as my mother told me this story.

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