Word: grierson
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...confides this to Jane Grierson, who runs a school for gifted kids. A former prodigy, Jane can appreciate what Fred has to give; she can empathize with his anguish, isolation, nightmares. She will protect him, nurture him -- mother him, if he and Dede give her half a chance. Thus begins a kind of custody battle between the two women, each offering part of what Fred needs. Dede is heart, Jane is mind; Dede is sense, Jane sensibility. Neither is a whole number: Dede spits out cherry pits faster than she does ideas, and Jane bakes a meat loaf that looks...