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The Birdcatcher by Gayl Jones

The Birdcatcher

by Gayl Jones
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  • Sep 13, 2022, 216 pages
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  • Sep 2023, 216 pages
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She tested us.

"We're all old, kiddo!" she chirped.

Naughty Catherine pointed at me. "She wants me to test your pecker!" she exclaimed.

"Stop it," he demanded.

Catherine's little finger, still raised at me, wiggles, then drops to pat her knee.

When the doctor came, Catherine, wearing a clown's grin, disappeared behind the locked door.

Ernest and I gave each other bewildered stares, then he reached into his valise for the doctor's reports.

Excerpted from The Birdcatcher by Gayl Jones. Copyright 2022. Excerpted with permission by Beacon Press.

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