She had recalled how they first locked eyes over the counter at Midas, when she was still working multiple, minimum wage jobs with a college degree. He came in when his car over-heated, which he needed fixed ASAP as he was moving to Iowa next month. He had brought McCullough’s "John Adams" to read for the 4th of July, but it clearly wasn’t holding his interest, as his eyes kept wondering up to hers when he thought she wasn’t looking. She took a chance.
Literature as an Act of Sanity
Once while an undergrad, I took an Autumn off to teach English in China. Packing light, the only book I brought with me was the unabridged Don Quixote, figuring that a solid 1,000 page tome would be more than enough to last my entire stay.
