The past was worth remembering and knowing in its own right. It was not behind us, never truly behind us, but under us, — Laura Lippman, In a Strange City
The past was worth remembering and knowing in its own right. It was not behind us, never truly behind us, but under us, — Laura Lippman, In a Strange City
The past was worth remembering and knowing in its own right. It was not behind us, never truly behind us, but under us, — Laura Lippman, In a Strange City
The past was worth remembering and knowing in its own right. It was not behind us, never truly behind us, but under us, — Laura Lippman, In a Strange City
The past was worth remembering and knowing in its own right. It was not behind us, never truly behind us, but under us, — Laura Lippman, In a Strange City
The past was worth remembering and knowing in its own right. It was not behind us, never truly behind us, but under us, — Laura Lippman, In a Strange City
The past was worth remembering and knowing in its own right. It was not behind us, never truly behind us, but under us, — Laura Lippman, In a Strange City
The past was worth remembering and knowing in its own right. It was not behind us, never truly behind us, but under us, — Laura Lippman, In a Strange City
The past was worth remembering and knowing in its own right. It was not behind us, never truly behind us, but under us, — Laura Lippman, In a Strange City
The past was worth remembering and knowing in its own right. It was not behind us, never truly behind us, but under us, — Laura Lippman, In a Strange City
The past was worth remembering and knowing in its own right. It was not behind us, never truly behind us, but under us, — Laura Lippman, In a Strange City
The past was worth remembering and knowing in its own right. It was not behind us, never truly behind us, but under us, — Laura Lippman, In a Strange City
The past was worth remembering and knowing in its own right. It was not behind us, never truly behind us, but under us, — Laura Lippman, In a Strange City
The past was worth remembering and knowing in its own right. It was not behind us, never truly behind us, but under us, — Laura Lippman, In a Strange City
The past was worth remembering and knowing in its own right. It was not behind us, never truly behind us, but under us, — Laura Lippman, In a Strange City
The past was worth remembering and knowing in its own right. It was not behind us, never truly behind us, but under us, — Laura Lippman, In a Strange City
The past was worth remembering and knowing in its own right. It was not behind us, never truly behind us, but under us, — Laura Lippman, In a Strange City
The past was worth remembering and knowing in its own right. It was not behind us, never truly behind us, but under us, — Laura Lippman, In a Strange City
The past was worth remembering and knowing in its own right. It was not behind us, never truly behind us, but under us, — Laura Lippman, In a Strange City
The past was worth remembering and knowing in its own right. It was not behind us, never truly behind us, but under us, — Laura Lippman, In a Strange City
The past was worth remembering and knowing in its own right. It was not behind us, never truly behind us, but under us, — Laura Lippman, In a Strange City
The past was worth remembering and knowing in its own right. It was not behind us, never truly behind us, but under us, — Laura Lippman, In a Strange City
The past was worth remembering and knowing in its own right. It was not behind us, never truly behind us, but under us, — Laura Lippman, In a Strange City
The past was worth remembering and knowing in its own right. It was not behind us, never truly behind us, but under us, — Laura Lippman, In a Strange City
The past was worth remembering and knowing in its own right. It was not behind us, never truly behind us, but under us, — Laura Lippman, In a Strange City
The past was worth remembering and knowing in its own right. It was not behind us, never truly behind us, but under us, — Laura Lippman, In a Strange City
The past was worth remembering and knowing in its own right. It was not behind us, never truly behind us, but under us, — Laura Lippman, In a Strange City
The past was worth remembering and knowing in its own right. It was not behind us, never truly behind us, but under us, — Laura Lippman, In a Strange City
The past was worth remembering and knowing in its own right. It was not behind us, never truly behind us, but under us, — Laura Lippman, In a Strange City
The past was worth remembering and knowing in its own right. It was not behind us, never truly behind us, but under us, — Laura Lippman, In a Strange City
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The past was worth remembering and knowing in its own right. It was not behind us, never truly behind us, but under us, holding us up, a foundation for all that was to come and everything that had ever been.

— Laura Lippman, In a Strange City
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