Since his mother died I have seen him steam a cucumber thinking it was…

Amy Hempel
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Since his mother died I have seen him steam a cucumber thinking it was zucchini. That's the kind of thing that turns my heart right over. ✨ Amy Hempel, Rick Moody (2007). The Collected Stories of Amy Hempel, p.115, Simon and Schuster
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Since his mother died I have seen him steam a cucumber thinking it was zucchini. That's the kind of thing that turns my heart right over. ✨ Amy Hempel, Rick Moody (2007). The Collected Stories of Amy Hempel, p.115, Simon and Schuster

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