"I was a daughterless mother. I had nowhere to put the things a mother places on her daughter. The nail polish I used to paint our toenails hardened. Our favorite videos gathered dust. Her small apron was in a box in the attic. Her shoes - the sparkly ones, the leopard rain boots, the ballet slippers - stood in a corner."

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About Ann Hood

Ann Hood is an American novelist, memoirist, and short-story writer known for works such as The Knitting Circle and Comfort: A Journey Through Grief. Her fiction and nonfiction frequently explore family, loss, and resilience.

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