Sandra Ketcham — The Monarch Review

Amelie – Sandra Ketcham

Tuesday, May 22, 2012 13:12 — 0 Comments

Amelie is tall and thin. In high school, the other girls called her “Amazon Amelie.” She was less thin then and less tall. She stopped eating when she turned 17, lost a lot of weight, and now waits in the hospital for a new kidney to replace the one she starved to death. The night nurse, Josh, feels sorry for her. He thinks Amelie is beautiful, with her thin dark hair and her sharp, angular face, so he spends more time with her than with his other patients. Sometimes, when no one is watching, he sneaks candy bars into her […]