Marjorie Morningstar
Herman Wouk
1955
Chapter 1: Marjorie
[ . . . ] Marjorie returned to the bedroom and waited for a moment, watching the doorknob. Then she walked to the full-length mirror on the closet door, and draped the black dress against her bosom, pleased by the contrast it made with her naked shoulders and tumbling hair.
At this moment—it was quite an important moment in her…
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