The adults always talked about "the incident," but they never...

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The adults always talked about "the incident," but they never talked about the rain. To me, the rain was the sound of the world breaking.

My mother was a small woman with eyes the color of the Atlantic before a storm. She spent most of her days in the kitchen, humming songs that sounded like they were written for people who had already died. She was a pillar of strength, but she was a pillar made of salt—one wrong touch and she would dissolve into tears. Then there was the Tall Man. He came to our house in Maine every few months....

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