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Part VIII — Buttered Side Down

by LovelyMay — Part VIII begins in a dim hotel room where silence feels heavier than the curtains and loneliness creeps in without apology. The leading lady of a small theater troupe, once radiant under stage lights, now sits hunched in a chair that scratches the wallpaper each time she shifts. Her makeup, once applied with precision, now smudges quietly as tears fall—not those theatrical sobs that win ovations, but the quiet kind that mark exhaustion. The scent of powder and faded perfume mixes with the stale air of…
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Part VII — Buttered Side Down

by LovelyMay — Part VII begins with Jennie pressing her cold face to the glossy pane of a grocery window, where fruits from warm shores sit in tempting disarray. The label “maymeys from Cuba” catches her attention—not for what it promises in flavor, but for what it represents: opulence unreachable. Around her, Chicago’s winter grips the streets with icy fingers, while Jennie’s own stomach tightens in quiet revolt. The glass is not just a physical barrier; it’s a symbol of what she cannot cross. Inside,…
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Part VI — Buttered Side Down

by LovelyMay — Part VI opens with Effie Bauer standing confidently behind the perfume counter, her poise shaped by years of self-discipline and hard-earned expertise in department store prestige. She knows how to match a fragrance to a customer’s personality, just as she has learned to tailor her own composure to a life lived solo. Though admired for her polished manners and tasteful fashion, she often walks home to a quiet apartment, where silence greets her more faithfully than any companion. Years of watching others…
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Part V — Buttered Side Down

by LovelyMay — Part V begins on the last night of the year, with music echoing through marble halls and glittering dresses sweeping past mirrored walls. But behind a swinging kitchen door, Gussie Fink is standing in flat shoes on cold tile, counting silverware and checking trays with unwavering focus. Around her, plates are passed, orders barked, and the air is thick with steam and tension, far removed from the elegance spilling across the ballroom floor. There’s no orchestra in this part of the hotel, only the clatter…
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PART THE THIRD

by LovelyMay — Part the Third begins with Paphnutius returning to the desert, the place that once represented peace, holiness, and divine focus. Yet what he finds is not the comforting silence of God but an unsettling emptiness that unsettles his soul. The sand, once a symbol of spiritual purification, now reflects only the dryness within his heart. He tries to pray, kneeling on familiar ground, but his prayers echo back unanswered, lost in a silence that now feels oppressive. His disciples greet him with reverence, but…
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PART THE SECOND

by LovelyMay — Part the Second opens with Paphnutius standing in silence, his gaze fixed upon the barred window behind which Thais had disappeared into a life of penance. His heart, once conflicted, now beat with the calm assurance of a man who believed he had fulfilled his sacred calling. In the stillness that followed his final blessing, Paphnutius departed without fanfare, stepping away from the convent walls with the solemn dignity of one who had cast the world behind him. The thought of returning to the solitude of…
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PART THE FIRST

by LovelyMay — Part the First begins with the stark image of men retreating from the world to the arid wilderness near the Nile, where silence rules and devotion replaces comfort. These hermits, both solitary and communal, live by rigid codes that reject indulgence in favor of spiritual purity. Their days are filled with fasting, sleepless nights, and prayers whispered to the heavens, all efforts directed at overcoming the inherited stain of sin. These ascetics believe that through pain and denial, the soul might ascend…
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Part IX — Buttered Side Down

by LovelyMay — Part IX begins on the familiar corner of South Clark Street, where the noise of the city hums and Tony's newsstand remains unchanged. His hands, thick with calluses, flip through papers from around the world. The sun catches the headlines of foreign tongues, and still, locals come—drawn less by the news and more by the memories these papers carry. One woman, sharp-heeled and steady-eyed, steps forward. Her voice is smooth but colored by a distant ache when she asks for the Kewaskum Courier. It’s a name…
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Part IV — Buttered Side Down

by LovelyMay — Part IV begins in a small Midwestern town just as Ivy Keller returns from finishing school, filled with polished manners and romantic daydreams shaped by poetry and novels. Her days stretch long and uneventful until she notices Rudie Schlachweiler, the town's celebrated pitcher. With his square jaw and local fame, Rudie quickly becomes more than a passing interest. Ivy, once indifferent to baseball, finds herself at every game, learning the rhythms of the sport just to watch him pitch. Her admiration…
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Part III — Buttered Side Down

by LovelyMay — Part III introduces readers to a cramped corner of downtown where worn floorboards creak under the steps of overworked shopgirls and silent managers. In this crowded loft shoe department, Sophy Epstein, dressed in a clinging black gown with more audacity than refinement, catches the eye—and judgment—of her colleagues. Her outfit isn’t chosen from vanity but from necessity mixed with bold defiance. The dress, too shiny and too snug, challenges both her poverty and the dull grayness of her routine. For…
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