1983 “Veronica, chérie, we’re here.” Papa nudges her sleeping head off his shoulder, sweeps the hair from her face, flicks open the porthole shade. Veronica’s eyelids glow pink with pale winter light. “Come, come. Your mémère will be waiting.” In the aisle, Mommy yanks items from the overhead bin, fiddles with the fancy scarf around […]
Debbie Koenig
Debbie Koenig is a writer whose fiction has appeared in Mom Egg Review, and whose nonfiction work has appeared in the Best Food Writing anthology, The New York Times, and dozens of other publications. She lives in Queens and Narrowsburg, NY, with her husband and their rainbow-haired teenager, and is seeking representation for a novel, Hands Free.