Evvie Drake Starts Over

by Linda Holmes

“That therapy is like a toothbrush. You can’t really put it to use for anybody except yourself.”

it was like paddling a boat, but for ten years. And you’re not getting anywhere, and you’re ready to stop. But the farther you get, the more you think, ‘Well, I’ll just go another hundred yards. In case it’s right up there. So I didn’t take this whole trip for nothing.’ ”