Also, when Lady Port-Huntly finally gets a pair of prosthetic legs, must they be made of glass?
A drawing of a breast covers the curves of the Capitol building in Washington, DC, while a photo of the Statue of Liberty gets a pair of breasts and pubic hair.
When 14-year-old Nora gets a pair of diamond earrings in the mail from the father she's never met, her mother, Ruby, looks at them and dryly remarks, "They're the size of birth control pills".
"Which of the six sisters gets a pair of sneakers with this week's paycheck?" All three earned partial athletic scholarships and financial aid and funds earmarked for American Indians.
The matron of the dormitory catches her at this, but she understands the girl's motives, That Christmas the young lady gets a pair of white silk stepins trimmed in lace.
It was a tough field, but the last — despite a junky-looking cover (Alice Munro gets a dignified font on a cream background; Sherman Alexie gets a pair of red Pumas because one of the stories says something about red Pumas) — was the best.
