A Conversations Story Trusting someone you love is an automatic response, isn't it? You don't have to earn that trust first, do you? Love is one of the vital components of every marriage, isn't it? Well, isn't it?
I found a hungry slip of a girl hanging about the docks. I fell for her and she became my adopted daughter. When she left she took most of my heart with her.
When Astrid Wagner took the job at the one hour photo store, she though it would be a nice enough way to spend some free time and make a little extra money. It never occured to her what else might develop.
Clara, a divorced mother struggling with the onset of perimenopause, finds herself dangerously obsessed with her teenage daughter Lily's burgeoning sexuality— a fascination ignited by the girl's unnaturally long, agile tongue and the confident, provocative way she wields it. Their collision of desperate loneliness and wild, untamed power ignites a taboo fire that consumes every boundary between them.
After his mother's death, John withdraws from the world, taking a job as a projectionist in an odd, little Tribeca movie theater. Dana comes there night after night, looking for something in the old movies he plays. Together, they decide whether they want anything to do with the world anymore.
It's a heroic thing to save a young woman from being burned as a witch; more so when you know there aren't any such things. Maybe even a noble thing. It's embarrassing to find that your assumptions are just as wrong as those who wanted to burn the witch.