![When you are the woman upstairs, nobody thinks of you first. Nobody calls you before anyone else, or sends you the first postcard. Once your mother dies, nobody loves you “best of all.” It's a small thing, you might think, and maybe it depends on your temperament, maybe for some people it's a small thing, but for me [...]](/assets/img/quote-photos/when-you-are-the-woman-upstairs-nobody-thinks-of-you-first-nobody-calls-you-bef.jpg)
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