Meg Alberda’s Reviews > The Rose Bargain > Status Update

"I remember everything so much I am being crushed under the weight of it all. If I weren't so horribly defined by everything I've ever loved and lost, maybe I could be the kind of person who moved through life easily. I'm only eighteen, but I'm beginning to understand what my mother meant when she said, Remembering is heavy. It lasts so long."