Thursday, February 15, 2024

Sentences

From Ann Beattie's fine book of short stories, Onlookers (published last July):   

Here are two sentences--from a story titled "Alice Ott"; the story is narrated by Alice Ott's niece.

My boyfriend back in Michigan had found me withholding. That was because sometimes I didn't talk just about him.

https://www.amazon.com/Onlookers-Stories-Ann-Beattie/dp/1668013657/