Introduction Bliss What can you do if you are thirty and, suddenly, turning the corner of your own Although Bertha Young was thirty, she still sometimes wanted to run instead street, you feel perfectly happy, as if you had swallowed a piece of the late...
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Introduction Bliss What can you do if you are thirty and, suddenly, turning the corner of your own Although Bertha Young was thirty, she still sometimes wanted to run instead street, you feel perfectly happy, as if you had swallowed a piece of the late autumn sun? of walk. She wanted to dance in the street. She wanted to throw something up in the Berthas feelings show her love of the moment and her satisfaction with her air and catch it again, or to stand still and laugh at - nothing — at nothing, simply. home, her family and her interesting circle of friends. Yet pain is not far away. What can you do if you are thirty and, suddenly, turning the corner of your Before the day is over, Bertha's safe, happy world has been destroyed and she faces own street, you feel perfectly happy, as if you had swallowed a piece of the late an uglier, crueller reality. afternoon sun? In the other stories in this book, we are shown other uncomfortable She ran up the steps of her house and felt in her bag
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