My mother, unlike yours, never exchanged sexual favors for a piece of silver," he said, addressing the first insult by banging the boy's head against the trunk of the tree. "And," he said with another resounding thump, "although I'm very familiar with that part of the female body, I take offense at being labeled one.


Finnikin of the Rock (ed. Candlewick Press, 2010) - ISBN: 9780763651756

Melina Marchetta Quotes

My mother, unlike yours, never exchanged sexual favors for a piece of silver, he said, addressing the first insult by banging the boy's head against...

My mother, unlike yours, never exchanged sexual favors for a piece of silver, he said, addressing the first insult by banging the boy's head against...

My mother, unlike yours, never exchanged sexual favors for a piece of silver, he said, addressing the first insult by banging the boy's head against...

My mother, unlike yours, never exchanged sexual favors for a piece of silver, he said, addressing the first insult by banging the boy's head against...