Fade

The deep tones of the upright spin this dark, while the guitar lifts the narrator up toward an independence achieved too late in life. "There are other things that she could say to me, things I will never hear. I doubt that many mothers say these things to their daughters. Maybe it would be like telling your daughter the truth about the pain of childbirth. They try to protect us, even when we're middle-aged." Louise Erdrich, The Painted Drum