"Lucy settled into August's kitchen as if they were a family."
- Susan Richards Shreve
"The rules for raising children had gone out with her parents generation of daughters who had lived as Lucy had, in patient silence, acting by standards which had lasted generations, waiting to grow up..."
"My house feels like home when you're there."
"Be pleasant, patient, and professional, please."
"People twenty-five and up just sat around waiting to die. That was what I'd thought.So while I was waiting to die, I looked at bras. The last thing on my mind was comfort. It seemed to be the last thi..."
- Susan Richards