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Durham, NC, The United States

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Grocery

My granddad was a grocer. He bought bananas and grapefruit wholesale, worried about whether his signage was adequate, and paid the Mafia a monthly retainer so they wouldn't kick over his trashcans. My mother said that he had the soul of a poet. After work—after he unlocked the store at 5:00 in the morning for the first delivery, after he culled the rotten potatoes from the bin, after he... read more »
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Published on January 24, 2012 15:33 • 29 views
Average rating: 3.68 · 1082 ratings · 314 reviews · 3 distinct works
The Wet Nurse's Tale
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Very stylish in the best possible way. A page turner. A heart breaker. I hated to see it end.
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The Marriage Plot by Jeffrey Eugenides
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Looks to me like a lot of readers here on GR are affronted that Eugenides attempted to write about love because it's a cynical world. To write about love, I guess, is to point out that despite our Politics and our Intellects, we're mostly just cogs i...more
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“...For having a baby's sweet face so close to your own, for so long a time as it takes to nurse 'em, is a great tonic for a sad soul.”
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