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David Gilbert Reads “Come Softly to Me”

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

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Sewing in the Teenage Years

Sewing had been one of her many talents. Lily was the only sister who took an actual interest in sewing. The alterations during the teenage years were the hardest part. As Louise and Lily and Eleanor got older, mom showed Lily how to add panels of fabric here and there.

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