I love her handbag. Inside are papers and her wallet and cigarettes and at the bottom, where she never looks, there is loose change, loose mints, specs of tobacco from her cigarettes. Sometimes I bring the bag to my face, open it and inhale as deeply as I can.
Augusten BurroughsAbout author
- Author's profession: Writer
- Nationality: american
- Born: October 23, 1965
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