Quotes from Barbara Petty

Annie Biggs was her

Any glance in Mother's direction had to be taken on the sly. Her mental faculties had dwindled away, but at the same time her radar for gawking had apparently become hypersensitive. A gaze that lingered on her much more than a nanosecond would set her off. "What in hell are you lookin' at, Miss Smarty Pants?" And then she'd throw in a half dozen or so swear words that Thea wasn't even aware her mother knew.