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The gripping Bright Half Life shows small choices with cataclysmic consequences

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Tanya Barfield’s clear-eyed play follows two women over the course of their five-decade-long lesbian relationship. One of the blessings of the human brain is just how much merciful work it does to soften the sharp edges of harsh memories, reconfiguring and rationalizing experiences through the lens of present-day needs and values. Take a step outside yourself, though, and critical moments past can appear so different as to be unrecognizable.…

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