New Year's Eve: A NovelCrown, 30. 5. 2012. - 366 страница Part contemporary family drama, part ghost story, this engrossing novel dramatizes the difficult process of letting go of one's childhood to embrace one's new chosen family. This is the story of twin sisters, their children, and an accident that claims the life of one, and leaves the others to find their way away from, and back to each other. |
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... Heather, would I have learned in those first, free minutes that I didn't have to look back? Dad checked his gold pocket watch and turned on the TV at 11:35. “What channel is Guy Lombardo on?” he asked. “Guy Lombardo's dead,” Heather ...
... Heather, would I have learned in those first, free minutes that I didn't have to look back? Dad checked his gold pocket watch and turned on the TV at 11:35. “What channel is Guy Lombardo on?” he asked. “Guy Lombardo's dead,” Heather ...
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... asked Heather. “Ashes, ashes,” sang Jeffrey. “What?” Heather asked Dad. “All fall down!” Jeffrey shouted. “Sweetheart,” Heather told Jeffrey. “ 'Ashes, ashes,' ” said Dad, “ 'we all fall down.' What kind of a message is that for a child ...
... asked Heather. “Ashes, ashes,” sang Jeffrey. “What?” Heather asked Dad. “All fall down!” Jeffrey shouted. “Sweetheart,” Heather told Jeffrey. “ 'Ashes, ashes,' ” said Dad, “ 'we all fall down.' What kind of a message is that for a child ...
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... Heather and I said at exactly the same instant. We laughed. Even in our worst phases, we had often spoken in stereo ... asked, too young to know he was playing with fire. “It's a promise,” I told him. “What's a promise?” my father asked ...
... Heather and I said at exactly the same instant. We laughed. Even in our worst phases, we had often spoken in stereo ... asked, too young to know he was playing with fire. “It's a promise,” I told him. “What's a promise?” my father asked ...
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... Heather said. “He's only two.” Of all our New Year's rituals, by far the most treacherous was our father's insistence on the round-robin public naming of our New Year's resolutions ... Heather?” Richard asked his wife. “What's it going to be.
... Heather said. “He's only two.” Of all our New Year's rituals, by far the most treacherous was our father's insistence on the round-robin public naming of our New Year's resolutions ... Heather?” Richard asked his wife. “What's it going to be.
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... asked him in unison. That was, I knew, what Mom would have said, and it made me happy to hear it. Then the sounds of car horns and of revelers in the street drifted up toward Dad's apartment. Heather flashed the lights off and on ...
... asked him in unison. That was, I knew, what Mom would have said, and it made me happy to hear it. Then the sounds of car horns and of revelers in the street drifted up toward Dad's apartment. Heather flashed the lights off and on ...
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arms asked Heather auld lang syne Aunt Heather baby bedroom birthday called Heather child couch crying Dad asked Dad's Daddy David David's dead doctor dollhouse door dream Dryope Duck Duck Goose Edgar asked Erica eyes father feel felt flowers Frank Briggs Freedo girl going Guy Lombardo hair hand happy hear heard Heather asked Heather called Heather says Heather told heaven hugged Jeffrey kids kiss kitchen knew Koenig laughed living room looked Mary Poppins miss Mom's Mommy morning mother myth never night nodded nurse okay petits fours play Play-Doh Playmobil pregnant remember Richard Rosie Sarah asked schnook seemed shouted shrugged sister sitting sleep smiled sonogram sorry Spock stared started stood sure sweetheart talk tell There's things thought took trying turned twins waiting walked watched weeks What's whispered woke wondered Year's Eve