Madeleine is two days away from being ten. She needs a haircut, is unofficially forbidden from singing in church or school assembly, and smokes Newport Menthols from the carton her mother was smoking when she died at the beginning of the year. Her mother had filled a recipe box with instructions on how to do various things she knew she wouldn't be around to teach her daughter: how to make a fist; how to change a flat tire; how to write a thank-you note for a gift you hate. And on one card, she listed the rules of singing. ...
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Madeleine is two days away from being ten. She needs a haircut, is unofficially forbidden from singing in church or school assembly, and smokes Newport Menthols from the carton her mother was smoking when she died at the beginning of the year. Her mother had filled a recipe box with instructions on how to do various things she knew she wouldn't be around to teach her daughter: how to make a fist; how to change a flat tire; how to write a thank-you note for a gift you hate. And on one card, she listed the rules of singing. The #1 rule: KNOW YOURSELF...
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