The Woman in the Window

by A.J. Finn

you cannot keep bumping your head against reality and saying it is not there.”

If there’s one thing I’ve learned in all my time working with children, if I could whittle those years down to a single revelation, it’s this: They are extraordinarily resilient. They can withstand neglect; they can survive abuse; they can endure, even thrive, where adults would collapse like umbrellas.

And if I don’t want to die, I’ve got to start living.