Summary

These pages are part of Book One titled The Age of Florence. Lucy lives with her son, Edgar, in her mother-in-law’s house in Ferryfield, New Jersey. Lucy is now 34 years old but became a widow at age 27, when her husband, Frank, died. The story begins with Edgar watching his mother get ready for a date with an Italian butcher named Ron Salvatore, which Lucy coldly refers to only as Mr. S with her son. She leaves Edgar alone, instructing him to go to bed, but Edgar is bored and wanders around the house while his grandmother sleeps in her room. Edgar notices the small details of the home, calling it a haunted house. He enters his grandmother’s room and examines all of her religious trinkets, including a Virgin Mary statue and prayer cards. Edgar notes how comfortable he feels with his...