Things isa would probably prefer i didn’t
put on the internet
Quotes, questionable explanations, people she has opinions about, and pieces of The Wrong Daughter that don’t require knowing how the story ends.
THE WORLD, ACCORDING TO ISA
Not a glossary.
Isa would hate a glossary.
IMPRINT
A perfectly reasonable piece of technology if your goal is to make someone question their own face.
P.A.N.
Very useful.
Unless you are trying not to be found.
RE-EDUCATION
What my family called correcting behavior.
You may call it something else.
THE DOCTRINE
A collection of rules everyone insisted were for our own good.
Historically, that sentence has gone very well.
POD-BORN
Born exactly the way someone intended.
Which sounds nicer than it is.
RANGERS
Armed authority with excellent posture and very little interest in your opinion.
THE NARROWS
The part of the city people like me were taught not to look at too closely.
from the manuscript
There are three things I know to be absolutely one-hundred percent true.
One, there are gentler ways to find out your face was never yours.
I assume.
Two, there are nicer ways to find out your entire life was a lie.
And three, I know absolutely nothing at all.
Life has taught me that, over and over again.
And while I reminisce on the how, I find that I remember asking myself, why.
Which to me, was the most important one.
Were my eyes always green?
Things Isa Would Like To Clarify
I AM NOT IMPULSIVE.
I simply make decisions before everyone else finishes objecting.
I DO NOT HAVE A PROBLEM WITH AUTHORITY.
Authority frequently has a problem with me.
I AM PERFECTLY CAPABLE OF BEING PATIENT.
No examples are currently available.
COEN IS NOT MYSTERIOUS.
He answers questions.
Eventually.
I DID NOT ADOPT MANDEA.
There appears to be disagreement on this point.
Quotes
Isa: “There are gentler ways to find out your face was never yours. I assume.”
Isa: “As if each strand were carefully sculpted from silk and racism.”
Coen: “You’re right. I don’t, actually ever.”
Coen: “It’s amazing how quickly you’ve adapted to the word fuck.”
Mandea: “Avert your eyes or else I’ll do it for you.”
Coen: “He made being his favorite feel like the only safe place left.”
the editing room
CURRENT EDITING METHOD:
FIX ONE PROBLEM.
DISCOVER TWO MORE.
CALL IT PROGRESS.
Then underneath:
The Wrong Daughter is currently being revised chapter by chapter.
You could occasionally add a tiny status like:
42 chapters total.
Currently causing problems: Chapter 15