I wonder how many ways there are for a mother to produce that wreckage in her own daughter, and my muscles tense as I think of them. (Jon McGregor)

I wonder how many ways there are for a mother to produce that wreckage in her own daughter, and my muscles tense as I think of them.

Jon McGregor

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