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It was a hostile jungle out there, beneath a monsoon sky. I was comfortably
ensconced on my warm banquette and needed only to summon the waiter to
conjure up successive slices of that delicious apple tart named after the
demoiselles Tatin ...
It was a hostile jungle out there, beneath a monsoon sky. I was comfortably
ensconced on my warm banquette and needed only to summon the waiter to
conjure up successive slices of that delicious apple tart named after the
demoiselles Tatin ...
Page 79
slightly apart beneath her skirt of straw-yellow organdy. Crouching behind a
privet hedge, I watched her through the tangle of leaves. I had an enormous boil
in the center of my chin, but I didn't scratch to relieve the terrible itching because I
...
slightly apart beneath her skirt of straw-yellow organdy. Crouching behind a
privet hedge, I watched her through the tangle of leaves. I had an enormous boil
in the center of my chin, but I didn't scratch to relieve the terrible itching because I
...
Page 107
Beneath the bougainvillea arbor, horrible, cold violence. A crescendo of abrupt
words I don't understand at all. My mother, beautiful at the height of her
arrogance. The boil has taken over half my chin. I hold my breath so they won't
know I'm ...
Beneath the bougainvillea arbor, horrible, cold violence. A crescendo of abrupt
words I don't understand at all. My mother, beautiful at the height of her
arrogance. The boil has taken over half my chin. I hold my breath so they won't
know I'm ...
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