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I Love Lucy; For 20 years, Ann Patchett and Lucy Grealy were writers, coconspirators, and best friends.

Vogue

| June 01, 2004 | Patchett, Ann | COPYRIGHT 2004 All rights reserved. Reproduced by permission of The Condé Nast Publications Inc. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)Copyright

Byline: Ann Patchett

About three weeks after Lucy Grealy died, people started asking if

I was feeling better. "Your voice sounds a little better today," they would say. "Are you feeling a little better?" By sounding better I suppose they meant I was no longer walking through my house howling like a wolf, but the answer was still no. Lucy was my best friend for 20 years. We were both 39. It had been three weeks. I was not better. I was, for the most part, in bed, having hours-long phone conversations with her other close friends. In different states far away from mine they were in their own beds. We would talk until I fell asleep, the phone still pressed ...

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