She inhabits her world, waiting for forgiveness, while her children are planted in or upon the four different nations that have claimed us. "Lock, stock and barrel," she calls us. Rachel is clearly the one with locks on every possible route to defenestration. And Leah barrels forward, setting everything straight. So I am the one who quietly takes stock, I suppose.
Barbara Kingsolver, "The Poisonwood Bible"
Barbara Kingsolver, "The Poisonwood Bible"