i'm sure this doesn't make as much of an impact in an excerpt.. but.
" once, angry at him, she vowed to make a list of everything he did wrong.
when it was long enough, she'd confront him.
'forty minutes late for dinner with not a word of apology,' she'd written.
'spent our movie money on cigars.'and then, when she was looking for a place in their desk
to hide the list, she'd come across Al's will.
' i am married to...,' the will had said, and there was a blank for him to fill in.
'mavis elaine mcpherson,' he had written, in black penmanship far more careful then his usual.
and she had regretted herself, had ripped the list up and flushed it down the toilet.
down this very toilet."
pg. 27-28 of "Ordinary Life" by Elizabeth Berg
when it was long enough, she'd confront him.
'forty minutes late for dinner with not a word of apology,' she'd written.
'spent our movie money on cigars.'and then, when she was looking for a place in their desk
to hide the list, she'd come across Al's will.
' i am married to...,' the will had said, and there was a blank for him to fill in.
'mavis elaine mcpherson,' he had written, in black penmanship far more careful then his usual.
and she had regretted herself, had ripped the list up and flushed it down the toilet.
down this very toilet."
pg. 27-28 of "Ordinary Life" by Elizabeth Berg