"This day's experience, set in order, none of it left ragged or lying about, all of it gathered in like treasure and finished with, set aside." –Alice Munro, "What is Remembered"
ABOVE: Daoma Winston, The Return (New York: Avon, 1972), with cover art by Robert McGinnis.
ABOVE: John D. MacDonald, The Crossroads (New York: Fawcett, n.d.), with cover art by Robert McGinnis.
ABOVE: Barbara Michaels, Wait for What Will Come (New York: Fawcett, 1978), with cover art by Robert McGinnis.
The lesson here: if you’re fleeing from danger, or just out taking the air, alone, on the verge of a dangerous precipice, and you’re wearing a dress, you’re going to have to hike it up in front with your hands to avoid tripping headlong into the clutches of an insistent lover or over the brink. Women already know this; men, not so much.
Keywords:The Return, The Crossroads, Wait for What Will Come.
Another thing to take care of: grey castles are running after poor girls.
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