The Kiss by Kathryn Harrison Paperback Book

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Author: Kathryn Harrison

Format: Paperback

Publisher: Harper Perennial

Published: Jun 1998

Retail Price: $13.99

Pages: 224

Synopsis

We meet at airports. We meet in cities where we've never been before. We meet where no one will recognize us.

A 'man of God' is how someone described my father to me. I don 't remember who. Not my mother. I'm young enough that I take the words to mean he has magical properties and that he is good, better than other people.

With his hand under my chin, my father draws my face toward his own. He touches his lips to mine. I stiffen.

I am frightened by the kiss. I know it wrong, and its wrongness is what lets me know, too, that it is a secret.
We meet at airport. We meet in cities where we've never been before. We meet where no one will recognize us.A 'man of God' is how someone described my father to me. I don 't remember who. Not my mother. I'm young enough that I take the words to mean he has magical properties and that he is good, better than other people.With his hand under my chin, my father draws my face toward his own. He touches his lips to mine. I stiffen. I am frightened by the kiss. I know it wrong, and its wrongness is what lets me know, too, that it is a secret.

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