I open my heart to her and lay it on the table.

“It was the oldest friends who mattered most. With each passing year, Paulette r…”

“I wanted only a familiar voice, someone who knew me. Not some earlier, larval v…”

“The story of my family. . .changes with the teller.”

“Her skin was as pale as milk. She must live on vanilla ice cream, Dinah thought…”