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Jay’s whale has been away from its family for a long time. But family doesn’t forget. For worse, but also for better.
“Shuggie heard the nurse say to a male attendant that she thought for sure Agnes was a working girl. “She is not,” said Shuggie, quite proudly. “My mother has never worked a day in her life. She’s far too good-looking for that.” The matted mink coat gave her an air of superiority, and her black strappy heels clacked out a slurred beat on the long marble hallway.”
― Shuggie Bain
― Shuggie Bain
“Rich children are always blond, Jocelyn goes. It has to do with vitamins.”
― A Visit from the Goon Squad
― A Visit from the Goon Squad
“She was no use at maths homework, and some days you could starve rather than get a hot meal from her, but Shuggie looked at her now and understood this was where she excelled. Everyday with the make-up on and her hair done, she climbed out of her grave and held her head high. When she had disgraced herself with drink, she got up the next day, put on her best coat, and faced the world. When her belly was empty and her weans were hungry, she did her hair and let the world think otherwise.”
― Shuggie Bain
― Shuggie Bain
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