Elsie Lindtner (Classic Reprint)
Michaelis, Karin Excerpt from Elsie LindtnerFrom that moment I entered upon the accursed cult of my person which absorbed the rest of my childhood and all my first youth. I avoided the sun lest I should get freckles, I collected rain water for washing I slept in gloves, and though I adored sweets, I refrained from eating them on account of my teeth. I spent hours brushing my hair.One day when she came home she found the only big mirror in the house had been tr...