"We've never brought to each other the heavy things we were meant to help each other carry"
"We've never brought to each other the heavy things we were meant to help each other carry"
"Don't worry," said Frankie. "I'm indelible"
Unlike Barbie, Jade had a brain. She was smart and witty and I spent as much time in her apartment as my parents and Jade would allow. Upon my arrival she would always offer a glass of champagne. I reminded her every time, "I'm ten. I don't drink..."Too bad. It's French, from a small vineyard."
This is such a beautiful book and a lovely intro to poems and poetry. Illustrations remind me of Ezra Jack Keats one of my fav children's authors/illustrators
But the thing about scars is that, as much as they knot you up, they can make you stronger too. Collect enough scars and you get a whole extra layer of skin, for free.