Sublime

ouroboros

But in the world of satisfying stories—her preferred domain—both of Olivia’s parents are so much less than they should have been.

mellifluously

Leni saw Mama softening, reshaping her needs to match his, imagining this new personality: Alaskan.

I believe he was wondering whom he might be for the rest of his life;

prolixity

diaphanous,

ineradicable

like her child in a playpen in a distant part of the house, occupying her heart but not threatening to interrupt her dinner party,