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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... Jeffrey, Heather's two-year-old, had been shredding sheets of red paper and collecting them in a pile. Now he ... Jeffrey. “What?” Heather asked Dad. “All fall down!” Jeffrey shouted. “Sweetheart,” Heather told Jeffrey. “ 'Ashes, ashes ...
... Jeffrey, Heather's two-year-old, had been shredding sheets of red paper and collecting them in a pile. Now he ... Jeffrey. “What?” Heather asked Dad. “All fall down!” Jeffrey shouted. “Sweetheart,” Heather told Jeffrey. “ 'Ashes, ashes ...
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... Jeffrey said. The grown-ups looked around nervously. My father was out of the room just then, but we knew that he ... Jeffrey asked, too young to know he was playing with fire. “It's a promise,” I told him. “What's a promise?” my father ...
... Jeffrey said. The grown-ups looked around nervously. My father was out of the room just then, but we knew that he ... Jeffrey asked, too young to know he was playing with fire. “It's a promise,” I told him. “What's a promise?” my father ...
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... Jeffrey asked. “You get to know that you're being a good boy,” Dad said. Jeffrey lost interest. “Juice,” he said. My father had other fish to fry. “Let's gather round,” he told his family. “It's nearly midnight,” I said to him. “Heather ...
... Jeffrey asked. “You get to know that you're being a good boy,” Dad said. Jeffrey lost interest. “Juice,” he said. My father had other fish to fry. “Let's gather round,” he told his family. “It's nearly midnight,” I said to him. “Heather ...
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... Jeffrey said, and Heather went to get it. The husbands, as always, were spared. It was probably just as well. Richard was fifteen years older than Heather, a tax lawyer on Wall Street who was stern enough with his own rituals to resent ...
... Jeffrey said, and Heather went to get it. The husbands, as always, were spared. It was probably just as well. Richard was fifteen years older than Heather, a tax lawyer on Wall Street who was stern enough with his own rituals to resent ...
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... Jeffrey blew on his noisemaker, then sucked it back in so hard that he began to cough. “Hey!” my father said festively, and kissed Heather and me, and lifted his glass. Heather came over and hugged me. Belly-to-belly, we had to laugh ...
... Jeffrey blew on his noisemaker, then sucked it back in so hard that he began to cough. “Hey!” my father said festively, and kissed Heather and me, and lifted his glass. Heather came over and hugged me. Belly-to-belly, we had to laugh ...
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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