
"We've never brought to each other the heavy things we were meant to help each other carry"
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.