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Frank has no need to ask Dottie why she chose death above life. “That’s all they can do. His costume rarely changed. The ground looked raked, like a tremendous zen garden.

” Her laugh is harsh. As a young man I never lasted long at any of the jobs my family found for me, largely because I was usually on the run from some wronged party or other. Or—if we were very unlucky—we’d be pulled out to become caretakers. “You won’t believe this,” she says.