Gray Shawl

Walter Mosley

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My mother is standing near the landing dock of a summerhouse in New Hampshire. There’s a weather-beaten rowboat tied to the end of the quay.

“What did you say?” she asks me.

“The driver called, Mom. He’s going to be late.”

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