The Last Lovely City
“Lewisohn’s) chair, the new patient, who is shredding Kleenex into her smart black leather lap—that young woman in some general, overall way is lying. All Lila’s instincts inform her that what she is hearing now from this young woman is false. Not the specifics: the busy, older husband impatient with the new baby and still wanting to have a lot of dinner parties; the baby herself with colic; and this sad, pretty red-haired girl trying hard to balance it all, in a too-large, too-fancy new house. All that is undoubtedly true, but at the same time some large-scale lie is there. What is wrong with this big picture?
Lila regards her patient, and she sees: Short, very curly red hair and pale friendly freckles across a small nose. Small stubby nervous hands. Perhaps she is an alcoholic? This could be the significant, hidden fact. It is possible, but Lila now identifies a false association of her own: Karen Brownfield, the red-haired wife of Julian Brownfield, who is Lila’s lover and also a ps...ychiatrist, is an alcoholic.MoreLess
Lila regards her patient, and she sees: Short, very curly red hair and pale friendly freckles across a small nose. Small stubby nervous hands. Perhaps she is an alcoholic? This could be the significant, hidden fact. It is possible, but Lila now identifies a false association of her own: Karen Brownfield, the red-haired wife of Julian Brownfield, who is Lila’s lover and also a ps...ychiatrist, is an alcoholic.MoreLess
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