Quotes from book
The House Gun

The House Gun
Nadine Gordimer

A successful, respected executive director of an insurance company, Harald, and his doctor wife, Claudia, are faced with something that could never happen to them: their son has committed murder. What kind of loyalty do a mother and a father owe a son who has committed this unimaginable horror?

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“I'm a candle flame that sways in currents of air you can't see. You need to be the one who steadies me to burn.”

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