Double TakeChapter 17
“Kiran, women’s wars are always treacherous.” —Ellen Stellar, Kiran: The Warrior’s Daughter THANKSGIVING DAY was really the first day since school started that I didn’t fill with school work—or fill Francie. I made it a point to sit with Pey and watch the Thanksgiving Day parade. We munched celery and carrot sticks and laughed at the big balloons. In all my life, I could remember only two parades that seemed to mark the beginning and end of the holiday season. Macy’s Thanksgiving Day...