Her silent singing wrapped around the story she was telling herself, which she extended further every night on the deck. (Averill often told herself stories-- the activity seemed to her as unavoidable as dreaming.) Her singing was a barrier set between the world in her head and the world outside, between her body and the onslaught of the stars. Alice Munro
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Averill often told herself stories-- the activity seemed to her as unavoidable as dreaming. Averill would tell herself stories, which she extended further every night on the deck. Her singing was a barrier set between the world in her head and the world outside, between her body and the onslaught of the stars. The lines to Averill describe how Averill would close out the world when she was in the midst of telling herself a story.

It’s like she was in this little bubble where all that existed was her imagination. You can see how Averill uses her imagination to protect herself from the harshness of reality.

Source: Friend Of My Youth

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