“Something changed,” said Joe’s mother when the others were gone. “Your eyes are glimmering.”
Joe kept his focus on the oxygen tank quietly screaming in the shadows.
“Will he live until Christmas?” She took his hand between hers leaving Joe with the infantile longing to be held.
“No, Ma. Not if he stays home.”
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The Life and Death of Arthur Lasker
General FictionAt only nineteen years old, Joseph and Anna Lasker are forced to confront the impending death of their son. Note: The Life and Death of Arthur Lasker is the first chapter of the FULL version of The Day I Wore Purple and is not included in the abridg...
