Rahul Nagar’s Reviews > A Painted House > Status Update

Pappy turned on the radio, and we got the cardinals as our letters grew longer and longer. Sitting around the kitchen table, laughing and writing and listening to the game, there was not a single doubt that Ricky would soon he home. He said he would be.

When we were back on the sidewalk, those of us who'd seen the fight were silent. It was still happening. I wondered if Hank would beat them until they were dead.