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It was Abba who’d told her to follow her heart. If it was kosher, if this is where she came alive, she should go for it

There hadn’t been much time to decide and even though Phyllis Lang wasn’t a spontaneous sort of person, the prospect of being quarantined in her apartment made this seem exciting

There were some perks to having a husband who was hearing impaired. I could slam doors without arousing suspicion

And here I was. The start of a new journey, the kind that searched for answers that didn’t exist but that you had to seek out, anyway

“You don’t even know what’s involved in all that. What it takes to make it happen. Because you’re never here,” she said

I didn’t want to be treated like a maid. But these ladies, they treat me like a person.