How I astonished myself that Christmas Eve! With diligence, with months-even years-backstage in the Gravesend Town Hall, I knew I could find the face my mother had waved to in the stands. I GUESS YOU HEARD-I GOT THE PART! he said to my grandmother and me. The Squamscott was widened; the channel was dredged. But as soon as I realized what Dan's choices were, I also knew they were- each of them-imperfect in their own way.
Of course she's still there! I'd say. Michael's uniform-her pleated flannel skirt and matching burgundy knee socks-as if she were a cocktail waitress in a lounge of questionable repute. And he had a rather special relationship with Pastor Merrill. Think of how much time he spent in that creepy monument shop on Water Street, the unfinished lettering of
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