The neighborhood stores are an important part of a city child's life.

“Oh time...time, pass so that I forget!Oh time, Great Healer, pass over me and l…”

“It was so simple that a flash of astonishment that felt like pain shot through …”

“Francie went over to stand at the great window from which she could see the Eas…”

“If you love someone, you'd rather suffer the pain alone to spare them.”