The Open Page — A Commonplace – Page 16 – In Memory of Leslie Dean Taylor, 1922-2003 â€“ Teacher, Mentor, Friend

FromÂ The Last ofÂ Her Kind, a novel by Sigrid NunezÂ

As usual when I look back at the past, I am afraid of remembering things wrong. (p.11)

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My mother. Already she has interrupted this story several times. Makes sense. She was very much with me in those days. Did I miss her? I would not say so, exactly. That last year at home, in particular, I had been so glad to be getting away, and it would be a lie to say she wasn’t one of those things I was glad to be getting away from.Â (p. 19)
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