Domestic Arrangements

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Norma Klein. Domestic Arrangements

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She was a consummate New Yorker, born, bred, and educated in the city. Her world, and the world she wrote about, was often the world of the Upper West Side of Manhattan where she lived with her husband and two daughters. She was a graduate of Barnard College. I was a New Jersey girl who’d always dreamed of living across the river and she was a city girl who had trouble imagining living anywhere else. When I moved with my family to New Mexico she was flabbergasted. She called me a pioneer. I took that as a compliment.

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“That boy’s parents should be taken to jail. ‘Our son knows what he’s doing.’ Bullshit!” His face was getting red.

Just then the door opened and Mom came in. Her cheeks were all pink—she has very light skin. She looked pretty. “Oh, hi, darling. Sorry, I’m a little late. Thanks, Tat, for setting the table.” She threw her coat on the front-hall table. “Oh God, wait till I tell you what Simon said about the show.”

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