If you could know the answer to any question, what would it be?
Eva was lying on her back and looking up at the sky as she spoke.
The four friends were clustered on a blanket close to the top of Brandon Hill.
Sylvie rolled over onto her stomach and brushed a few strands of coppery hair from her eyes.
Any question at all?
Yes, said Eva.
That was the sound of the genie disappearing after you wasted your question.
Excerpted from INVINCIBLE SUMMER by Alice Adams.
Reprinted with permission of Little, Brown and Company.
