Eventos
Price Family Arrives in the Congo
"She wouldn't go against him, of
course. But once she understood
there was no turning back, our
mother went to laying out in the
spare bedroom all the worldly
things she thought we'd
need . . ." (13).Ruth May Dies
"As long as I kept moving,
my grief streamed out behind
me like a swimmer’s long hair
in water. I knew the weight
was there but it didn’t touch
me. Only when I stopped did
the slick, dark stuff of it come
floating around my face, catching
my arms and throat till I
began to drown" (381).Orleanna and Nathan Marry
"And even if anyone had been
waiting for my opinion, I wouldn’t
have known how to form one. I’d
never known any married person
up close. What did I know of
matrimony? From where I stood,
it looked like a world of flattering
attention, and what’s more, a
chance to cross the county line" (195).Market Day
"Until that moment I’d thought I could
have it both ways: to be one of them,
and also my husband’s wife . . . I was
his instrument, his
animal. Nothing more" (89).Nathan Returns From Deployment
"That was the last I would ever hear
from the man I’d married— one who
could laugh, call me his 'honey lamb,'
and trust in the miracle of good
fortune" (196).Staying After Congoleese Independence
"'For my own part,' she said, and faltered.
'For the girls, I'd like to . . .' 'You'd like to
what, Orleanna.' Father was still right out
there in the doorway, so we could see his
face. He looked like a mean boy fixing to
smash puppies with a brick" (168).Ruth May Is BornRuth May Forgives Orleanna
“Slide the weight from your shoulders
and move forward. You are afraid you
might forget, but you never will. You
will forgive and remember. Think of
the vine that curls from the small
square plot that was once my heart.
That is the only marker you need.
Move on. Walk forward into the light” (543).
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