learning to swim, receiving a disastrous haircut, and being taught to drive by me.
Near the end, Arthur had recorded that he’d hidden the manuscript in the couch and needed courage to show Monica. Another instruction was underlined: Don’t make her perfect.
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He had deliberately imagined an imperfect daughter who made mistakes and argued. I returned to the wedding scene, where I fastened Maisie’s dress before a mirror.
“Mom, you’re making that face.”
“What face?”
“The one you make when you’re trying not to cry.”
Arthur had remembered
