The Voice On the Radio (2008)
The Voice On the Radio
“said Janie’s mother, scrunching Janie up against her. “I thought of you all weekend,” her mother said happily. “How’s Reeve? How’s Boston? How were Jodie and Brian? Wasn’t it wonderful they asked you along? Don’t you feel like a country that’s had bad international relations, and now they’re normalizing? We can normalize with the Springs.”
The Okay Stage was not going to be an easy ride.
Because her parents were not okay to start with. Janie loved them: loved them so completely that within her ...love was pity.
Janie gave her mother another hug to buy time. That, too, was awful—using a hug to hide in. Janie ached to tell her mother about rotten Reeve. But she put her parents first. She hated Reeve right then, for putting himself first. She schooled her face, to keep rage off it. She had not expected rage in herself. I hate him! she thought.
“Boston was fabulous. We walked and walked. Brian had read up on everything and knew exactly where we should go, and was full of history.”MoreLess
The Okay Stage was not going to be an easy ride.
Because her parents were not okay to start with. Janie loved them: loved them so completely that within her ...love was pity.
Janie gave her mother another hug to buy time. That, too, was awful—using a hug to hide in. Janie ached to tell her mother about rotten Reeve. But she put her parents first. She hated Reeve right then, for putting himself first. She schooled her face, to keep rage off it. She had not expected rage in herself. I hate him! she thought.
“Boston was fabulous. We walked and walked. Brian had read up on everything and knew exactly where we should go, and was full of history.”MoreLess
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