Birdie arrives by bus in Boston. Part of her just wants to stay on the bus forever, but Boston feels like coming home. Boston is the city her mother told her they could never be safe in again. Birdie takes temporary refuge in a Dunkin' Donuts, reveling in the Boston accents of the men there. Birdie is drawn to her old brownstone, now someone else's home. Outside it, she meets a transvestite hooker named Corvette. The prostitute, who looks like Diana Ross, bums money from Birdie but helps the girl find Aunt Dot's address from the postcard.
The name on the mailbox says "Ghalif" instead of "Lee," and Birdie almost doesn't knock on the apartment door. Birdie finally knocks, and a tiny girl named Taj answers. Taj has cinnamon skin and curly.....
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