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reddit.comA WOMAN SPENT 27 YEARS PHOTOGRAPHING HER PARENTS WAVING HER GOODBYE
You have an extraordinary mother, Father often said, as though she was better than all the others. A mother is not a friend, Anouk liked to say, proud of this distinction. What happened to daughters like us? Would we flee our families, wanting to be far away, wishing to carve out a life that was ours alone, far removed from where we came from? Or w
... See moreSanaë Lemoine • The Margot Affair: A Novel
"The photos of them together-smiling, entwined, behatted, insouciant-were like all photos: weak lies at the time but full of truth and power later on. A weird form of time travel."
from I Am Homeless If This Is Not My Home by Lorrie Moore
We want nothing to do with you. Love, Mom (or should I say DEB since I am no longer your mother) P.S. Send money for a new fridge. Ours broke.