
Tessa Hadley Reads “After the Funeral”
The New Yorker: The Writer's Voice - New Fiction from The New Yorker
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'It's Funny That They Still Come
Even after marline passed her test, the girl still heard a male voice in the flat. How could it be doctor cherry? When marline had driven home from the surgery by herself. On occasion, it sounded like uncle richard. Then, when charlotte was in the sixth form, there was a cufuffle at the surgery and marline lost her job. Ostensibly, this was because doctor cherry's surgery was amalgamating with two others to form a brand newBempstead heath health centre. But it was obvious even to the girls that there was more to it. Their grandmother paid them a visit to remonstrate with marline and accuse her of going
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