A white room twenty feet by fifteen, well I say white but it’s magnolia, as if that seems any less clinical. The recessed fluorescent lights in the suspended ceiling illuminate the room in harsh flickering detail, a white six panelled door with chrome furniture where you ‘come’ in, an identical door where you ‘go’ in. [...]
A lot of babies are born comically plain with bulging cheeks, enormous eyes, prominent ears and bald everywhere, but they quickly metamorphose into things of beauty. Alice, unfortunately, didn’t. Her mother tried hard to love her but eventually handed over the care of the ugly bundle to a paid nurse, while her father, her wealthy [...]