No One Belongs Here More Than You

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Миранда Джулай. No One Belongs Here More Than You

No One Belongs. Here More Than You

Contents

The Shared Patio

The Swim Team

Majesty

The Man on the Stairs

The Sister

This Person

It Was Romance

Something That Needs Nothing

I Kiss a Door

The Boy from Lam Kien

Making Love in 2003

Ten True Things

The Moves

Mon Plaisir

Birthmark

How to Tell Stories to Children

Acknowledgments

Copyright

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MIRANDA JULY

What is the most terrifying thing that has ever happened to you? Did it involve a car? Was it on a boat? Did an animal do it? If you answered yes to any of these questions, then I am not surprised. Cars crash, boats sink, and animals are just scary. Why not do yourself a favor and stay away from these things.

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She has to have a reward.

This seemed crass to me, but before I could say so, the red car returned. She was driving slowly now. She rolled down her window, and I walked over with a spilled feeling inside. She was in a nightie. The yellow bathrobe had been formed into a little nest on the passenger seat, and in the nest was Potato, dead. I said I was terribly sorry. The woman responded with a look that told me I alone was responsible and she would share no words with a professional dog killer. I wondered how many other things had flown past me into death. Perhaps many. Perhaps I was flying past them, like the grim reaper, signaling the end. This would explain so much.

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