CeciliaawakenedfromherchildhoodwhileshewasonholidayinItaly,thesummersheturnedfifteen.Itwasnotasexualawakening,ornotexactly—rather,anintellectualorimaginativeone.Untilthatsummer,theoddchildshewashadseemedtofitinperfectlywiththeoddityofherratherelderlyparents.Herfather,Ken,workedatauniversitylibrary,andhermother,Angela,wrotehistoricalnovels,andwhentheycamelatetomarriage—andthentochildbearingandchildrearing—theysawnoreasontochangetheentrenchedpatternoftheirlives,ortobe
