![]() ![]() The patterns from which she cannot deviate become her shelter and her obsession. If she doesn't, she is sure someone else will die, too. At first she repeats the few phrases she remem-bers from synagogue, but by the time she is in high school, Abby is spending hours locked in her closet, urgently reciting a series of incantations and pleas. But when her father and favorite aunt pass away, Abby fills the void of her loss with rituals: kissing her father's picture over and over each night, washing her hands, counting her steps, and collecting sharp objects that she thinks could harm innocent pedestrians. Until the age of ten, Abby Sher was a happy child in a fun-loving, musical family. ![]()
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