New Year's Eve: A NovelCrown Publishers, 1997 - 366 страница Part contemporary family drama, part ghost story, this engrossing, moving novel dramatizes the difficult process of letting go of one's childhood to embrace one's new, chosen family. For most of her adult life, Erica has been mourning the loss of closeness between herself and her twin sister, Heather. When they both give birth within weeks of each other, that closeness is recaptured. Erica's daughter Sarah and Heather's son David are like the siblings their mothers were as children. Three years later David is killed in an accident, and Sarah begins talking to him in Heaven, reporting daily on the details of their communication. While Erica and her husband become increasingly alarmed at Sarah's seeming obsession, Heather encourages it, helps Sarah build a dollhouse according to what she says are David's specifications, and gradually begins to drive an emotional wedge between Sarah and her mother. In the fog of her confused feelings about attachment and loss, childhood and maturity, love and competition, one necessity becomes clear to Erica: She must reclaim her daughter from Heather's grief, and free herself, and her child, to live in the present. |
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... door , to Heather's room . " Heather ! " I whisper , shaking her . " Heather ! Wake up ! " " What is it ? " she asks me . " Fight ! " She sits up , blinking blindly , puts on her glasses , and tosses her covers back . We dash back to my ...
... door , to Heather's room . " Heather ! " I whisper , shaking her . " Heather ! Wake up ! " " What is it ? " she asks me . " Fight ! " She sits up , blinking blindly , puts on her glasses , and tosses her covers back . We dash back to my ...
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... door close when Jeffrey left for camp and Dad left for his noontime walk and Edgar left for his fishing . The sound of each door closing was painful and only sealed in more painful sounds : the giggles and laughter from Heather and ...
... door close when Jeffrey left for camp and Dad left for his noontime walk and Edgar left for his fishing . The sound of each door closing was painful and only sealed in more painful sounds : the giggles and laughter from Heather and ...
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... door . " In the ensuing silence , I leaned toward the door but couldn't make out a single word . Carrie leaned closer to me . " There's a switch in the coat closet that controls the heater in here , " she whispered . I followed her ...
... door . " In the ensuing silence , I leaned toward the door but couldn't make out a single word . Carrie leaned closer to me . " There's a switch in the coat closet that controls the heater in here , " she whispered . I followed her ...
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arms asked Aunt Heather baby bedroom believe called child close coming course crying David dead didn't doctor dollhouse door dream Edgar eyes face father feel felt finally flowers four girl give going hair hand happened happy head hear heard Heather heaven hold It's Jeffrey kids kiss kitchen knew later laughed leave listening living looked mean minutes miss Mommy months morning mother move myth never night nodded Okay once past play pregnant remember Richard Sarah says seemed shouted side sister sitting sleep smiled sound started step stood stop sure talk tell things thought told took trying turned twins waiting walked watched weeks What's whole wondered Year's Eve