Motown and Didi: A Love StoryMotown lives in a burned-out building one floor above the rats, searching out jobs every day, working his muscles every night, keeping strong, surviving. Didi lives in her cool dream bubble, untouched by the Harlem heat that beats down on her brother until only drugs can soothe him. Didi escapes, without needles, in her tidy plans and stainless visions, etchings of ivycovered colleges where her true life will begin. Didi can survive inside her own safe mind, until Motown steps into her real world and makes it bearable. Together they can stand the often brutal present. What about the future? |
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... stairs . Suddenly there was a light on the stairs and she looked up . He was standing there with a flashlight . " There's some tin on the stairs , " he 41 :
... stairs . Suddenly there was a light on the stairs and she looked up . He was standing there with a flashlight . " There's some tin on the stairs , " he 41 :
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... stairs for a long time before he realized that he was alone in the hallway . Slowly he pulled himself from beneath the stairs . He got to his feet . His shoulders were aching from having been twisted as his arms were forced behind his ...
... stairs for a long time before he realized that he was alone in the hallway . Slowly he pulled himself from beneath the stairs . He got to his feet . His shoulders were aching from having been twisted as his arms were forced behind his ...
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... stairs ! Jump down the stairs . Fall down the stairs . It's coming , man , and it's mean . It's so damn mean . Oh my God ! I'm so sorry . I'm so sorry . Get up ! Get up from here and get some air . Stick your head out the window . Break ...
... stairs ! Jump down the stairs . Fall down the stairs . It's coming , man , and it's mean . It's so damn mean . Oh my God ! I'm so sorry . I'm so sorry . Get up ! Get up from here and get some air . Stick your head out the window . Break ...
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