“When Lars first held her, his heart melted over her like butter on warm bread, and he would never get it back. When mother and baby were asleep in the hospital room, he went out to the parking lot, sat in his Dodge Omni, and cried like a man who had never wanted anything in his life until now.”
― Kitchens of the Great Midwest
― Kitchens of the Great Midwest
“After decades away from the Midwest, she’d forgotten that bewildering generosity was a common regional tic.”
― Kitchens of the Great Midwest
― Kitchens of the Great Midwest
“She guessed she really was married to him, the way she hated the thought of him grieving for her.”
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