“How many times had she seen Annie sew in a sleeve, easing both sides so that they wouldn't pucker, taking a stitch, and smoothing out the fabric again? And now Mama was doing the same thing to someone's head. Someone's skin.”

—  Patricia Reilly Giff

Source: Water Street (2006), Chapters 1-10, p. 47

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