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Elizabeth Strout Reads "Motherless Child"

The New Yorker: The Writer's Voice - New Fiction from The New Yorker

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The Importance of Drinking Wine

Christopher said nothing more about his father's possessions, and Olive took that as a good sign. Ann sat down at the kitchen table and said, I'd like a glass of water, Olive. And when Olive turned around to hand it to her, she saw a breast, just sticking out in plain view right there in the kitchen,. The nipple large and dark, and she felt a tiny bit ill. Then a look passed over her son's face that let her know that this was not his home anymore.

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