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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... you make.” Heather laughed and rumpled his hair. “Richard thinks that everything is like a deal you make,” she said. He ducked his head out from under her hand. “What deal?” Jeffrey asked suspiciously. “Well, let's see,” my father.
... you make.” Heather laughed and rumpled his hair. “Richard thinks that everything is like a deal you make,” she said. He ducked his head out from under her hand. “What deal?” Jeffrey asked suspiciously. “Well, let's see,” my father.
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... let's see,” my father said, warming to the subject. “You choose a way that you are going to be better. Then you tell us what it is.” “For God's sake, Dad,” Heather said. “He's only two.” Of all our New Year's rituals, by far the most ...
... let's see,” my father said, warming to the subject. “You choose a way that you are going to be better. Then you tell us what it is.” “For God's sake, Dad,” Heather said. “He's only two.” Of all our New Year's rituals, by far the most ...
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... Let's see,” Heather said. She smoothed her hair with the side of her hand, a mannerism of Dad's that she would have hated to know she'd inherited. “I resolve—” she began, then looked around the room as if she was looking for a target ...
... Let's see,” Heather said. She smoothed her hair with the side of her hand, a mannerism of Dad's that she would have hated to know she'd inherited. “I resolve—” she began, then looked around the room as if she was looking for a target ...
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... let Heather be mean.” Heather looked at me arctically. But Dad hadn't even heard me. He was still lurking in his own feelings. “More juice, Mom,” Jeffrey said, and Heather went to get it. The husbands, as always, were spared. It was ...
... let Heather be mean.” Heather looked at me arctically. But Dad hadn't even heard me. He was still lurking in his own feelings. “More juice, Mom,” Jeffrey said, and Heather went to get it. The husbands, as always, were spared. It was ...
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... lets us taste the champagne, and we get to eat all the cookies we want. Heather lies next to me on the couch, the fabric of my nightgown sleeve indistinguishable from the fabric of hers. On the TV, the screen fills with bits of confetti ...
... lets us taste the champagne, and we get to eat all the cookies we want. Heather lies next to me on the couch, the fabric of my nightgown sleeve indistinguishable from the fabric of hers. On the TV, the screen fills with bits of confetti ...
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