She Chained My Little Girl So Her Daughter Could Take Her Place—Then I Made Her Leave the Family Portrait Alone.
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Chapter 15 - VIOLET’S FIRST REAL PORTRAIT
Violet avoided family photographers for two years.
Then at twelve, she asked Arthur Keane to take a portrait of her and her father.
No Miranda.
Simple studio.
Jeans.
No formal dress.
No ceremonial chair.
Arthur sent me a copy because Violet said he could.
On the back she wrote:
I PICKED WHERE I STOOD.
I kept it.
May you like
Not in the Patron Register.
On my office shelf.
