Tanski

It is November 7, 2006, election day and the date Karen Tanski is to be transferred from Bedford Hills to a work-release facility in Queens.

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When Karen Tanski met Kevin Davis and was drawn in by his smile and self-assurance, she had just graduated from Elmira Business Institute.

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This time the wind backs down, lying still somewhere up on the ridge, as Julia Tanski pumps her pedals and hurtles ahead screaming in joy.

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Karen Tanski appears to be another local girl swept off her feet by big-city charm, a roll of bills, and the novelty of danger.

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At the front desk, he is told that Karen Tanski is on the tenth floor and that she is already in labor.

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Thanks to Judy Clark for her trademark wisdom and generosity, Margaret Davis for her time and trust, and, of course, Kevin Davis and the woman I named Karen Tanski in this book for opening their lives to me.

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Karen Tanski, his girlfriend and the mother of his one-year-old child, is at this very moment in a work-release program for a drug conviction.

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Over the following months, Karen Tanski kept at her job with the dry cleaning company, caring for Julia and Kaydawn, while Kevin Davis wrestled with the realization that his estrangement from the family was probably permanent.

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Six weeks later, when Kevin Davis was sentenced to one year in county jail, handcuffed, and led away, Karen Tanski was not in the courtroom.

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Davis was not in the spectator section jawing at Hayden as he had been when Karen Tanski was sentenced.

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