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11 A Visit from My Sister (c. 1982) She gets off the bus in my mother’s old mink coat and dungarees. Carrying a flight bag. She’s made a quick circle around the country. Has even seen our remote father in Florida. Two of her friends are widows. We’re getting older and older. Luckily. I don’t feel like lecturing her about her unfinished dissertation. I accept everything. Even her ice cream dinners. I won’t back my father when he accuses her of procrastination and worries how she’ll collect social security in Istanbul. Are you happy? is all I ask her when we talk. “Mmm, yes . . .” she says, considering. Her eyes full. She shows me a photo of the view from her balcony. A short walk along the Bosporus brings her to the ferry that goes to Asia. It’s sunny. The wind ruffles her clothing. ...

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