Eating plain toast will detonate her. I'll have some honey. When the b…

Laurie Halse Anderson
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Eating plain toast will detonate her. I'll have some honey. When the bread is done I scrape on a microscopic layer of it and pour a cup of coffee, black. She pretends not to listen or watch as I crunch through my breakfast. I pretend that I don't notice her pretending. ✨ Laurie Halse Anderson (2014). Wintergirls, p.143, Scholastic UK
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