The Year My Mother Came Back by Alice Eve Cohen

Author:Alice Eve Cohen
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Algonquin Books
Published: 2015-02-27T02:25:48+00:00

“When my leg is lengthened, won’t my shoe lift be too big?” Eliana asks on our way to the shoe store.

“Good point.”

“Won’t we have to make the lift shorter and shorter while my leg is getting longer and longer?”

“I think you’re right.”

Buying shoes for Eliana is a challenge. We can’t buy her any old cheap shoes. They have to be high-quality, supportive shoes, made from a material that Herman the Shoe Lift Guy can work with. Herman will cut off a thin layer from the bottom of the sole and sandwich a customized three-inch lift between the shoe and the bottom of the sole. To further complicate matters, Eliana’s right foot is two sizes smaller than her left. For every pair of shoes she wears, I have to buy two pairs, in two different sizes. Her right foot fits into little kid sizes, and her left foot fits into big-kid sizes. Few shoe styles are made for both little and big kids, so our choices are limited. And expensive. At $50 a pair x 2 pairs + $130 for the shoe lift, each pair of shoes Eliana wears costs $230.

She chooses blue Nikes, red Nikes, and black Mary Janes, for which I purchase six pairs of shoes. Of the twelve new shoes we carry out of the store, six will never be worn. I’ll bring the three smaller-size right shoes to Herman after radiation tomorrow. His shop is a block from NYU Cancer Center, near da corner of Toidy-toid and Toid.

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