Willie appeared completely calm about the news of Mother. She always said she could make tea in a tornado.

“Writers of historical fiction would be lost without libraries and archives.”

“We all laced together—a brothel madam, an English professor, a mute cook, a qua…”

“Mrs. Rimas cried at the mention of the wafer and the traditional Christmas bles…”

“Tadas was sent to the principal today," announced Jonas at dinner. He wedged a …”