![]() Ostentation had always been looked upon as a vice in Chile, where sobriety is a sign of refinement. She talked to me aloud, startling everyone who saw her carrying on as if hallucinating, and I suppose that I heard her and answered, although I have no memory of the intrauterine phase of my life. Clinging to the creature developing in her womb, she tried to compensate for the loneliness of a woman who has chosen badly in love. She named her Isabel and established a dialogue that continues to the present day. Nevertheless, as soon as my mother sensed she was pregnant, she knew it would be a girl. ![]() In those days, such matters were discussed in whispers before unwed girls, and Memé had given no thought to advising her about the libidinous preoccupations of the birds and the flowers because her soul floated on different planes, more intrigued with the translucence of apparitions than the gross realities of this world. ![]() Nothing had prepared my mother for motherhood. Int'l Women's Conference - México, 2013Īudiobook excerpt (for a diffrent section). ![]()
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