Genre Short Story. Page - 225
Sylvia Mandelstam will tell you what a wonderful time she had at the Russian literary symposium in Moscow. The trip was an unmitigated fiasco not unlike her personal life. Sylvia can lie shamelessly - even to Danny O'Rourke, the unassuming mason who arrives to repair her damaged brick wall. But not indefinitely.
The bond between siblings is a magical thing, forged by thousands of shared memories and experiences. And yet in most cases there are a small number of incidents or personality traits that come to symbolize the strength of that bond; these represent the secret decoder ring that exists within every family. The fictional story of The Arrowhead describes a childhood adventure that takes on that role within a family of two brothers and a sister.