Each day she removes a small portion of the unwanted things in people'…

Jhumpa Lahiri
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Each day she removes a small portion of the unwanted things in people's lives, though all of it, she thinks, was previously wanted, once useful. She feels the sun scorching the back of her neck. The heat is at its worst now, the rains still a few months away. The task satisfies her. It passes the time. ✨ Jhumpa Lahiri (2013). The Lowland, p.189, A&C Black
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