The Bank Called to Say My Beach House Was Refinanced Without Me – The Archivist

up over. Game consoles, remote-controlled cars, the newest action figures.

“Your brother is still little,” my mother would say with an indulgent smile. “He needs encouragement.”

“Boys need more support,” my father would add, as though my being a girl meant I had arrived pre-equipped to handle disappointment without complaint.

At ten I was expected to continue reading …