“Lucy settled into August's kitchen as if they were a family.”
“There was a family joke that Lucy's first words were, "Nicholas is bugging me!”
“They were made by Miss Lucy!”
“Everything was normal and right. There were dishes in the sink and the sound of kids playing in the street and the trains passing smutty wind. Something had settled over the kitchen. Rose kept the colours inside the lines and all the patterns were proper, sensible and neat. Happiness. That's what it was.”
“On a sticky August evening two weeks before her due date, Ashima Ganguli stands in the kitchen of a Central Square apartment, combining Rice Krispies and Planters peanuts and chopped red onion in bowl.”
“When a new baby is expected mother has 9 months to prepare the family and the kitchen for her departure!”