Stories are told in the voice of Rhoda as a child, as a divorced mother, and as an old woman, recalling the curse and blessing of being the only daughter of Big Dudley. In The Abortion, a girl whose father is dying and the boy who loves her struggle with what makes life meaningful. In Remorse, a hairdresser revisits the last days of his best friend's life and what could've been done to save her.
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