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342 pages, Paperback
First published April 2, 2019
At least once a year, they would map the territory of their past and dig up the roots of the family tree for a brief inspection. And then the adults would conclude once again that, regardless, they were all off-white.
But her granddaughter said excitedly, “Look, Grandma, all clean! I remember when Heli bought a dozen nightgowns with the words OFF WHITE, and everyone at home got two, including our little brother Audi and the lady next door. She even saved one for you, huh?”
An almost opaque mosquito net in an off-white color hung over the enormous mattress.
“Off-white is the color of bittersweet almonds once you’ve peeled away the dark brown skin,”
“Brown as your mother on the outside, and the inside off-white, like you and me.”