Norman Lock quote — “While my father was out boozing, she'd read to me by the stub of a can…”

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While my father was out boozing, she'd read to me by the stub of a candle, a thread of soot twisting upwards from its pinched, meager flame. By her voice alone, she could raise up the old stories from the bones of their words and--lilting between shades of comedy and melodrama--turn the dreary space around me into a stage for my wildest imaginings.

Norman Lock American Meteor

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