Sublime

Eldest was Frances, with skin as pale as milk and blood-red hair, who early on had the ability to commune with birds, which flocked to her window as if called when she was still in her crib.

I liked the colour of her arms and her hair. I liked her handwriting. She wrote the letter g with a huge tail that muddled the words on the line below. I liked her eyes and a bunch of other things too. I was jealous of how she talked to grown-ups. She could barge into a conversation and say no, you’re thinking of the Gloria that lives round the ben

Allait-on lui interdire cet appartement dont elle avait rêvé ainsi que d'un ignoble paradis ? Où irait-elle nourrir cette faim qu'elle avait crue éteinte et qui s'était révélée plus insatiable encore par le goût qu'elle avait pris d'un aliment corrompu