The Night Gift (2013)
“I talked about references to the color red in the book, and the cowardice of the Reverend Mr. Dimmesdale, and how all the women in the village probably secretly envied Hester for having a love affair and a child out of wedlock. I talked longer than I realized, since more came out of me than I thought I knew, and I was still going when the bell rang. Mr. Frank gave me a funny look. He crooked a finger, and when I went to his desk, he showed me the scarlet A he had given me in his grade book.
... He said slowly, “You have brains. I thought they were there, but I was never sure.”
“I wasn’t either,” I admitted.
He closed his grade book and asked hopefully, “What inspired you? Was it Hawthorne?”
I stared at him. He had to be kidding. “It was my father.”
At home, I found my mother and Brian talking in the kitchen. I heard her say as I dropped my books on the living room couch, “I wish you would go back to school.MoreLess
... He said slowly, “You have brains. I thought they were there, but I was never sure.”
“I wasn’t either,” I admitted.
He closed his grade book and asked hopefully, “What inspired you? Was it Hawthorne?”
I stared at him. He had to be kidding. “It was my father.”
At home, I found my mother and Brian talking in the kitchen. I heard her say as I dropped my books on the living room couch, “I wish you would go back to school.MoreLess
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