The Light Years: A Memoir by Chris Rush

Author:Chris Rush
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Published: 2019-04-01T23:00:00+00:00

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WHEN I CAME HOME from school, the house smelled of reefer and refried beans. I hid my stained shirt behind my books.

Donna said, “So—how was it?”

I said, “My teachers are nice.”

I didn’t want her to worry. She was nine months pregnant, in a borrowed house, with no money and a nude husband.

Most days, after school, I hiked in the hills behind the house. I explored extinct volcanoes and cliffs rotten with caves. Found geodes and blue agate, pulled quartz crystals from the ground like broken teeth. Viewed from the peaks, our little house looked like a boat stranded on a rock, waiting for a wave.

But the wave never came.

The desert was a difficult place to live. By midday, boundless light overwhelmed the valley. Barely a shadow could survive. We all looked forward to sunset—its golden rays and purple shade. After hard days, the sunsets were soft and sweet.

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