![]() ![]() Many families maintain a pretense of love with the props of language. And this baby is not allowed to say one of the first words usually uttered by a child. She can’t even say her daughter’s name at first: she’s just “Baby” as if she’s just any baby, not her daughter, Eunice. Her mother prefers living mentally in Hollywood to loving the daughter before her. Baby say Mern.” She was having no doubt that with time I might grow into an adaptable companion whose demands were minimal, someone with whom she could discuss Cary Grant’s perfect profile, Shelly Winter’s yen for men. When the offending word passed my lips, she pinched my chin and enunciated very slowly. ![]() My mother was dead set against me calling her Ma. Our narrator, Eunice, is the daughter of a single mother, a hard enough situation made even worse by the fact her mother doesn’t want to be a mother: ![]()
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