“Distance and time and a whitewashed mind hadn’t kept a child from growing, from existing, from demanding a place on this earth.” — V.S. Kemanis Copy Share Image
“Rage and despair shook her for minutes or hours. She was unaware of the passage of time. Finally spent, she retreated inward and collapsed onto the floor in a fetal position, the letter in shreds around her. The room had… — V.S. Kemanis Copy Share Image
“Her immediate impulse was one of self-preservation. She was tied up in this somehow, she didn’t know why or how, but there was something… — V.S. Kemanis Copy Share Image
“Distance and time and a whitewashed mind hadn’t kept a child from growing, from existing, from demanding a place on this earth.” — V.S. Kemanis Copy Share Image
“The reality and what it meant was slowly dawning: the betrayal, deception, and omission. Clandestine meetings. Evasion under questioning. In hindsight, Dana and Evan… — V.S. Kemanis Copy Share Image
“She’d discovered the beginnings of her adult person, her preference for lucidity, prudence, responsibility, and restraint. Tranquility could be eked from boredom, results from… — V.S. Kemanis Copy Share Image
“ No one is on this road , she thought. No one but us. Everyone knows this isn’t the place to be at three… — V.S. Kemanis Copy Share Image
“Rage and despair shook her for minutes or hours. She was unaware of the passage of time. Finally spent, she retreated inward and collapsed… — V.S. Kemanis Copy Share Image
