Please Don't Call Me Charlotte
Charlotte''s mother, Myrtle Bond, lay dying from an overdose of morphine, administered in the hospital where she awaited gallbladder surgery. Her scheduled surgeon, unable to operate after a weekend of heavy drinking, shook uncontrollably.When death came, a grief-stricken Charlotte accepted the mortician''s request to comb her mother''s hair for burial and select the music for the service.Later, a...
Charlotte''s mother, Myrtle Bond, lay dying from an overdose of morphine, administered in the hospital where she awaited gallbladder surgery. Her scheduled surgeon, unable to operate after a weekend of heavy drinking, shook uncontrollably.When death came, a grief-stricken Charlotte accepted the mortician''s request to comb her mother''s hair for burial and select the music for the service.Later, a...
