The Other Language by Francesca Marciano

Author:Francesca Marciano
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
ISBN: 9780307908377
Publisher: Random House Inc.
Published: 2014-04-07T21:00:00+00:00

Lara’s apartment in Rome was the same one in Via Plinio where she’d lived with her husband. After nearly three months of absence it looked foreign, abandoned and dreary. For a few days Lara moved around the rooms with circumspection, unsure as to what to do with her body, where to park it. She tried the couch, the green armchair, the desk, but couldn’t find a spot where it felt natural to be. She asked Anita over for dinner and realized she no longer knew how to cook in that kitchen. All the dexterity she’d had all summer long with food, her ability to throw together extravagant recipes in just a few minutes, was gone.

“They say having two houses is like having two wives. Neither one has the whole of you,” she said gloomily when Anita arrived. She’d shown up in a slinky Sue Wong dress and with a bottle of Prosecco, ready for a bubbly night of gossip and laughs. She pulled a minuscule puppy out of a tote bag and proudly announced, “And this is Carmen. A hairless Chinese crested.”

The tiny dog was as ugly as it was hairless—except for the long, soft tufts of white hair that flowed from the top of its head. From this very ugliness came its adorableness, Lara supposed.

But she was in no mood to discuss Chinese puppies with Anita. All she wanted to talk about was her restlessness; how her previous life in the city seemed impossible to resume, how she couldn’t find her center anymore, how hurting her knee had clearly been a sign, and not a good one. Lara barely gave the puppy a glance.

“It looks like a rat with a wig,” she said, pouring Prosecco in the glasses.

Anita stared at her, puzzled, then lifted the glass in a toast with one hand while settling Carmen back in the bag with the other.

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