Eighteenth Book
Cherry : Mary Karr
Penguin : 2000
Bought at Mercer Street Books for $4.95+

Started 3.16.05
Finished 3.21.05

The Line: "Now I know why they call it petting, for even though I'm more still in the plush warmth of his mouth than I can ever get in church, my whole body is purring. I let myself breathe into him a breath that tastes like ashes from a long fire" (75).

You were a girl; you
lived in Texas; you had sex.
Wish you were closer.
  ¶ 23:53