"As he kept reminding me, he was twelve years older than I was"

"As he kept reminding me, he was twelve years older than I was" - Old Wounds by Edna O'Brien

"For several years there was no communication between us at all"

"For several years there was no communication between us at all" - Old Wounds by Edna O'Brien

"There were a few clumps of devil's pokers"

"There were a few clumps of devil's pokers" - Old Wounds by Edna O'Brien