The Crowd Swallowed You Up and Gave You a Common Purpose

Lu and her five sisters had emigrated, each to a different country. When mother died quietly in her sleep, they put all their savings together so that one of them could fly home. Over the years, lu's colleagues had sometimes looked at her as if she were some one's forgotten coat. But it hadn't mattered to her. All that much. Now she had a clear feeling that sadler had protected her, or tried to. Long before that brief affair, john had lotted her, he had argued for her to be further promoted,. which would have meant a better salary, an easing of financial burdens, a three bedroom apartment for the family. Despite her tireless efforts