These Dreams of You

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Those few whose reaction to her is openly malevolent are all the more conspicuous for it. In a western Michigan restaurant during summer vacation a woman shoots daggers at them, and it’s all Viv can think about for days, rather than the hordes who welcome the girl. “You can’t get too defensive about this stuff,” Zan says, as the entire Nordhoc family tiptoes across minefields.