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Around her the kids are screaming, but Dena can hear something else. The hiss of onions maybe, an angry hiss, like they’re charring

Ma makes sense, she really does, but I just feel so heavy and gross, and I miss ballet so much, I completely lose myself

Yanky was silent. The world was spinning in circles. And what could he say? The Rebbe was right

I wasn’t excited about the decorating idea until now, but as we discuss it, I’m actually growing interested

I, being a focused, consistent, persistent balabusta who knew exactly what was contained on one shelf in her house, brought down the fishbowl with much regret

“Bella,” Naftoli says, “one bright and glorious day it will occur to you that not everything that happens in this family has to do with you”