Sublime

An angular scrawl was all that was left of her beautiful curling signature, but it was soon recognized and loved all over Haarlem.

lovesickness an insanity and committed her to Rockland State Hospital, an institution for the mentally ill. After suffering through rounds of electroshock therapy and high doses of antipsychotic medication, Ruth actually did become mentally ill and remained in Rockland State Hospital for most of her life.

oceanic woman she is.

Dazedly Merritt realized her younger brother, once a baby she’d helped to dress and bathe, and later a toddler she’d taught how to eat pudding with a spoon, had become a man she could rely on.