Quade Hermann lives in Mexico City, where she is enjoying a year’s leave of absence from the CBC. She writes about life in Mexico at halftheunknownworld.blogspot.com
Quade Hermann
Dispatches
The Gist of Everything
My mother stands at the top of the stairs, thin as a skeleton and reeking of booze. “Are you drunk?” I ask. “No,” she says. “Have you had anything to drink today?” “No,” she says. Lies, all lies. There are always more.
