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Ghosts of the grocery aisle

Ghosts of the grocery aisle

A story about moving on

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Julia Bedell
Dec 17, 2023
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“I put all my real secrets into my fiction. It’s the stuff I can bear to tell you face-to-face that I write essays about.” -

Esmé Weijun Wang

A woman moved into the neighborhood recently. Let’s call her Lily. She’s a decade younger than me and seems excited to start a new life in a new place.

I hear she’s been spending time with a mutual friend. A man who says he is po…

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