Thirty-Eighth Book
Desperate Characters : Paula Fox
Norton : 1999
Bought at Seventh Avenue Books for $6.00+
Recommended by Jessica Anthony

Started 6.14.05
Finished 6.17.05

The Line: "I reluctantly took Benny to the children's zoo when he was small--it was supposed to be the thing to do--and a dirty demented llama reached over the fence and clamped its jaws on my hand. It was like being bitten by dirty laundry" (86).

Strip the pathos from
pathetic and you've got one
bitter kitty. Mew.
  ¶ 14:44