Still Life with Bread Crumbs (27 page)

“Turkeys are dumb,” Jim Bates said.

“You always say that,” Rebecca said.

“It’s true.”

“I’m sure you’re right,” she said, and put her arm through his and pressed it to her side.

“Let’s stay home and eat salmon,” he said.

“Perfect,” she replied.

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UINDLEN
is a novelist and journalist whose work has appeared on fiction, nonfiction, and self-help bestseller lists. She is the author of seven novels:
Object Lessons
,
One True Thing
,
Black and Blue
,
Blessings
,
Rise and Shine
,
Every Last One
, and
Still Life with Bread Crumbs.
Her memoir
Lots of Candles, Plenty of Cake
, published in 2012, was a number one
New York Times
bestseller. Her book
A Short Guide to a Happy Life
has sold more than a million copies. While a columnist at
The New York Times
she won the Pulitzer Prize and published two collections,
Living Out Loud
and
Thinking Out Loud.
Her
Newsweek
columns were collected in
Loud and Clear.