
"Sail on silver girl. Sail on by" These words from the Simon and Garfunkel song, "Bridge over Troubled Water," both haunt and comfort Meredith Martin Delinn as she reflects on the promise of her early life and the desperate situation she in which she now finds herself. Growing up as the adored only child of a prosperous father, she often heard him call her his silver girl, who could accomplish anything. To remind her of her unlimited potential he gave her the record album, and it became her most treasured possession after his death. When she married the poor, but brilliant economics student Freddy Delinn, her life began to fill with expensive possessions, until she found
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