Poor Alma sure did have a rough childhood, didn't she? We focus so much on the difficult childhoods, homophobia, self-loathing, and abuse that Ennis and Jack were subjected to. And yet, surely this life of Alma's -- very realistic, imo -- is it's own type of abuse, especially combined with the emotional and verbal attacks by parents.
"beans in an enamel bowl, stained white the color of an old man’s dentures..." yum! :D:D:D
I'm worried for Brian; I hope he pulls through the night, but those two are going to be pretty damn cold waiting for help. How long will it take, I wonder, before the rescue team realizes that the helicopter never showed up at the hospital?
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Date: 2013-02-18 01:23 am (UTC)"beans in an enamel bowl, stained white the color of an old man’s dentures..." yum! :D:D:D
I'm worried for Brian; I hope he pulls through the night, but those two are going to be pretty damn cold waiting for help. How long will it take, I wonder, before the rescue team realizes that the helicopter never showed up at the hospital?
*nail biting time*