Fearless (2010)
“The next morning her mother and aunts were back, cooking, cleaning, gossiping.
Carla said nothing. She was so hopelessly angry at them there was nothing she wanted to say. All morning they came in and asked questions.
“Would you like breakfast? How about some cereal?”
“Manny called from work. He said you should go for a walk. How about it? Uncle Bill’ll come over. He was always your favorite. Remember, he’d carry you on his shoulders through the San Gennaro fair?”
She didn’t answer. Anyway, she... didn’t remember. Her aunts had all these pretty memories that seemed to Carla had never occurred. She could recall only family quarrels and cooking and roomfuls of men slouched in easy chairs with their bellies distended, suppressing belches.
She couldn’t fight them anymore. All her life she had fought. Fought to dress the way she liked, fought to be friends with the kids she liked, fought to go out on dates, fought to move out of her mother’s house, fought to get married to a half-breed.MoreLess
Carla said nothing. She was so hopelessly angry at them there was nothing she wanted to say. All morning they came in and asked questions.
“Would you like breakfast? How about some cereal?”
“Manny called from work. He said you should go for a walk. How about it? Uncle Bill’ll come over. He was always your favorite. Remember, he’d carry you on his shoulders through the San Gennaro fair?”
She didn’t answer. Anyway, she... didn’t remember. Her aunts had all these pretty memories that seemed to Carla had never occurred. She could recall only family quarrels and cooking and roomfuls of men slouched in easy chairs with their bellies distended, suppressing belches.
She couldn’t fight them anymore. All her life she had fought. Fought to dress the way she liked, fought to be friends with the kids she liked, fought to go out on dates, fought to move out of her mother’s house, fought to get married to a half-breed.MoreLess
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