Of course the mother will gossip with you to learn the secrets of her friends: which ones leave the baby to shop all day; which give the baby formula instead of the breast; which ones fight with their husbands about money. But such a mother will not truly trust Angel. Never, never. She will not ask Angel to stay in her home for very long or recommend her very much to her friends. Because this mother—even as she laughs at Angel’s jokes and listens to her secrets—she knows that Angel’s eyes are too big, her mouth too loose.
