Tuesday Intro/Teaser

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I expected more of a reaction the first time I hit her. She just lay on the floor, holding her jaw. Staring at me. Silent. She didn’t even seem to be surprised. I was surprised. I hadn’t planned to do it. Usually when you hear about this kind of thing, it is the 1950's, and the husband comes home drunk to his slovenly wife from the pub and finds that his dinner is cold. On the contrary, it was November 12, 2011, a wintry Saturday evening on a south Dublin avenue, and Alice had prepared a delicious meal: lamb tagine, served on a bed of couscous, with pita bread and a side dish of mint yogurt. Though the lamb was a tad lukewarm by the time she presented it, I really couldn’t fault it. I had washed the meal down with two glasses of Sancerre while Alice prepared the raspberry roulade for serving. I certainly wasn’t drunk.

Unraveling Oliver by Liz Nugent

Teaser Tuesdays is a weekly bookish meme, hosted by Ambrosia of The Purple Booker

 Needless to say, I am not allowed to visit her in the hospital. It is silly really