The TRAX series tells a love story. Volumes one through three are set in the boroughs of New York, 1968-72. She was a skinny wisp of a girl, and he was a graduate student at NYU. They drove a Mustang, a Chevy pickup truck, owned two big dogs, and rented a studio in Alphabet City. He was a diamond courier after classes and she worked at the bank. The charm of the book is the events they each recall, and the way the details are remembered-after forty years.
Thursday, March 17, 2011
The Real Skinny: "I bought more stamps, put my money in the travel jar, and kept my suitcase out"
The real skinny (according to Girl): We thought it was final. I would never come back. I would stay in Michigan, and he would stay in New York. He would not talk to me and I didn’t get it. By the time the plane landed in Grand Rapids and I was home again, he would call and we would begin again.
We knew we both wanted the same thing, to be together. I bought more stamps, put my money in the travel jar and kept my suitcase out.
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