Arlene had spied the doll in the window the day after Ford had been sworn in as President.
Her mother couldn’t pull her away fast enough, denigrating the doll, its foreign origin, the little thrift store, and the state of the world.
Arlene began to make her own money, and walked past the store often, both puzzled and sad that no one had bought the doll, b…
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