"We decided that if any of you aren’t happy in Stonesworth, we’ll try to make it work so that you can go to school in Brownsfeld"
Back to school tomorrow. When I left I’d been part of the most popular clique in school and now I’m returning alone, a nobody, ashamed and mortified
"If you think I’m going to stand by and watch you renege on your obligation, allow you to leave Hadas in the lurch like that, you are very, very mistaken”
I’m laughing out loud, but then I begin to notice other things. Things like how the older Lani gets, the less Mommy appears next to her in pictures
I am so tempted to ignore Tamara, especially after that radiator incident, but my sense of self-preservation is too strong
I had waltzed into Stonesworth, ignored every other girl in the grade, stabbed Hadas in the back, and immediately rose through the ranks of popularity
I think of the thousands of families in Stonesworth that make up Tamara’s world, and it is heartbreaking that she doesn’t know another family like ours
Once your reputation gets out there, I’m learning, it’s very hard to make people forget it
Honestly, the only thing I’m really worried about is my gown. Like really worried. It needs to be perfect. Absolutely, positively flawless
The thought of new clothing is literally the only thing that is keeping the smile on my face as the Greenfields pull up
I’ve gone against the group. Add that to Tzippy’s shidduch, and I’m pretty much a social pariah