" Grandma turned her TV to thunderous volume and told me I mumbled. She was still an “Edge of Night” fan. Sometimes I’d grab a Coke from the refrigerator and slump down on the couch with her, slurping intentionally from the bottle. “I hope you don’t sit like that in school,” she said. “It’s unladylike. "

― Wally Lamb , She's Come Undone