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Added May 13, 2015
How angry am I? You don’t want to know. Nobody wants to know about
that.
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The Woman Upstairs
Claire Messud
Published
2013
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Her tactical instructor at the police academy had liked taunting them during early morning drills. "Sleep is overrated," he'd say. "You will learn to do without." He'd lied.
Newer
You were at the hospital when I was born. There must've been something about three generations being in one room that made history seem tangible. So easy to touch. So easy to hold.