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You could at least complain,” I say. “I adore complaining. It calms the nerves.
Franny Billingsley
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Franny Billingsley
Age: 70
Born: 1954
Born: July 3
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Father’s silence is not merely the absence of sound. It’s a creature with a life of its own. It chokes you. It pinches you small as a grain of rice. It twists in your gut like a worm. Silence clawed at my throat. It left a taste of burnt matches.
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