""I took the doll out of the box and sat her on my dressing table beside
the little bit of make -up I wore; I peered more closely at her face and
it was then I realised what had been told to me; ?in her image?. Her
painted hair was a reddish brown, long, piled up high in a bun style;
her eyes were also brown but most noticeable of all were her painted red
lips; the lower lip was remarkably fuller than the upper and her ears
were small with little of a lobe... Sitting there, holding her in both
hands, she fascinated me. I thought of her past; who had held her, the
circumstances of their life then? Great Grandmother, Grandmother?I faced
my image in the mirror. There were my brown eyes, my long auburn hair,
my uneven lips and finally, pulling my hair back, those tell-tale ears.
So begins Lori's quest, to find out more...
