Suicide Blonde
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Darcey Steinke. Suicide Blonde
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SuicideBlonde
Darcey Steinke is the author of five novels including Sister Golden Hair, Jesus Saves, Up Through the Water and Milk, and a memoir, Easter Everywhere. Her books have been translated into ten languages.
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My mother used her casual voice, one that hides a heightened desperation. I answered her usual inquiries. When we speak there is a suck that makes me lean into her voice; when I’m in her presence she gets a predatory look. My mother sees me as a part of her body, something that still belongs inside, a heart or a liver that she wants back.
“You remember the bank president? The one that had the affair with his secretary? It’s been very messy, his wife won’t give him a divorce. They say she’s gone crazy. Yesterday, she walked into the bank and threw acid in the secretary’s face.” She stopped, not like the story was over, but like she was startled.
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