Kirsikka

“Ingredients 1.25 oz Old Overholt Rye 1 oz Campari 1 oz sweet vermouth orange peel Steps (1) Combine Old Overholt Rye, Campari, and sweet vermouth with ice in a cocktail beaker and stir until well-chilled. (2) Strain into a martini glass (3) Garnish with orange peel. (4) Drink and repeat.”
― Ann McMan, Dead Letters from Paradise

“It’s about time you and I split a dessert in public, instead of down here in this damn basement.” I told her I couldn’t think of anything I’d rather do. “Don’t get too excited, Esther Jane,” she told me. “Bad pie is still bad pie, no matter where you get to sit down and eat it.” I told her to hush, and just for once—to try and enjoy the moment.”
― Ann McMan, Dead Letters from Paradise

“Hughes, Kathryn. “George Eliot’s Women.” The British Library, May 15, 2014”
― Ann McMan, Dead Letters from Paradise

“But I shall hasten to thank you just the same for awakening within me the ability to recognize beauty, and once again, to allow my heart to experience the gentle stirrings of desire.”
― Ann McMan, Dead Letters from Paradise