Lisa Matthews, Miss April, 1990
April, 1990
Lisa Matthews has a perfectly normal bedroom in the perfectly normal house she shares with her parents, her sister and her brother. The peach-and-green walls are hung with posters by Van Gogh and Matisse (not surprising choices, since Lisa hopes eventually to teach art history, at either high school of college level). Her skis stand in the corner near her favorite piece of furniture—her grandmother's cedar chest. It's a room like any other, with one small exception—an exception named Chester. As...
