Eva’s Reviews > Still Life > Status Update

“i have become afflicted too—when I see her walk through the doorway, or come about the corner, or appear on the stairwell, the muscles in my legs are subjected to a form of atrophy, and it takes all my willpower to remain upright. This makes me sound as if I’m ill; I am not, I have never felt better.”

“and Alys came to understand why women would seek refuge on a bridge and she drew their youth, their pain, their aging. Their existence and worth given shape by a virgin who birthed a child. She drew the lives they’d given up in the microscopic study of a flower, a vase, a cup, a plate, a piece of fabric – lace, intricate and fine – …

“ the shared loss became the shared bond.”