CULTURED PEARL
Thank you for James C. Thomson Jr. on Pearl S. Buck. When I was 10, my beloved eldest sister came upon me heating mud in an old saucepan. She said nothing, but squatted beside me and tasted it with me.
We had read the book together.
FRED SCIFERS
DOWNEY
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