Status Updates From Suzanne and Gertrude: A Novel

I force myself to sit down, turn off the lights, take deep breaths and think of Gertrude. In this way, slowly, I am returned to self.

67 I learned that knowing nothing is a good position from which to begin.

…donkeys possess the most subtle equipment available (their ears)

(in donkey communities) and air of grace and tranquility prevail

I tell them that my loneliness has nothing to do with lack of company. A concept they don’t fully grasp.

52/53 We are two sisters who whisper in the evening…Who spend their time signaling each other. Who appear undernourished but content.

“…my loneliness has nothing to do with lack of company. A concept they don’t fully grasp.”

“…she was simply not what the world expected her to be.”