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Summer 2000 • Vol. XXII No. 3/4 • Fiction |

In Memory of a Lovely Afternoon

By Corinne Demas

So maybe the hat was ridiculous. June had placed it on her head tentatively, and was studying her reflection when her sister came into the hall.

“Coming?” asked Vera.

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Corinne Demas is the award-winning author of thirty books for adults and children, including two short story collections, five novels (most recent: The Writing Circle and Returning to Shore), and a memoir (Eleven Stories High: Growing Up in Stuyvesant Town, 1948-1968). She is a Professor of English at Mount Holyoke College and a Fiction Editor of The Massachusetts Review. Website: http://www.corinnedemas.com Twitter: @corinnedemas

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