“Even dasani’s name speaks of a certain reach. The bottled water had come to Brooklyn’s bodegas just before she was born, catching the fancy of her mother, who could not afford such indulgengences. Who paid for water in a bottle? Just the sound of it- Dasani- conjured another life.”

“Even dasani’s name speaks of a certain reach. The bottled water had come to Brooklyn’s bodegas just before she was born, catching the fancy of her mother, who could not afford such indulgengences. Who paid for water in a bottle? Just the sound of it- Dasani- conjured another life.”

— Andrea Elliott