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The Aquarium

[Essays and Criticism] A child's isolating illness:

"Isabel was asleep in the recovery room, motionless, innocent. Teri and I kissed her hands and her forehead and wept through the moment that divided our life into before and after. Before was now and forever foreclosed, while after was spreading out, like an exploding twinkle star, into a dark universe of pain."
PUBLISHED: June 13, 2011
LENGTH: 26 minutes (6747 words)
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