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He was her secret, her eventual beauty. Through Michael, Melissa finally came to understand what all the fuss was about, the thirst for the stroke, pull, kiss, enter. The way he touched her, his smooth and lengthy hands, the sparks they made within. That look in his eyes, the way he laid them on her. She would lie on her back and let him do everyth
... See moreDiana Evans • Ordinary People: Shortlisted for the Women's Prize for Fiction 2019
It’s terrible for a mother to ask herself that question about her own daughter, a girl of twenty. But I couldn’t talk to anyone about it; Riccardo and Michele would react violently. Men always say, “You’ll be sorry if my daughter, you’ll be sorry if my sister …” They say, “I won’t tolerate it.” It’s easy to say “I won’t tolerate it.” Yet things hap
... See moreAnn Goldstein • Forbidden Notebook
What Mia was thinking about, however, was her own teenage years, memories she’d packed away long ago for safekeeping but now unfolded and dusted clean.
Celeste Ng • Little Fires Everywhere: The New York Times Top Ten Bestseller
Each day, Shukumar noticed, her beauty, which had once overwhelmed him, seemed to fade. The cosmetics that had seemed superfluous were necessary now, not to improve her but to define her somehow.
Jhumpa Lahiri • Interpreter Of Maladies: A Novel
