She was his wife in every way that mattered and that would save her.

“There was no one clear point of loss. It happened over and over again in a thou…”

“Only a few of us are going to be willing to break our own hearts by trading in …”

“...the terrible crumple and blanch of a lie come undone...”

“The Swedish he knew was mostly from Bergman films. He had learned it as a colle…”