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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... There was a longish silence. “That was a big one,” she said. “Did it hurt?” “Not too bad,” she said. “That's good,” I said. “Well, I guess I'd better go.” “Okay.” And she hung up to have her child. I held David for the first time the ...
... There was a longish silence. “That was a big one,” she said. “Did it hurt?” “Not too bad,” she said. “That's good,” I said. “Well, I guess I'd better go.” “Okay.” And she hung up to have her child. I held David for the first time the ...
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... there might be a difference between happiness and peace. I had never felt so much of the first, so little of the second. How could I be peaceful when a life was in my hands? Two days later, Heather still hadn't seen Sarah. “She's ...
... there might be a difference between happiness and peace. I had never felt so much of the first, so little of the second. How could I be peaceful when a life was in my hands? Two days later, Heather still hadn't seen Sarah. “She's ...
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... there. It was the end of the school term, and we had both gone on a faculty outing set up to foster esprit de corps. Neither of us could remember having seen the other on campus before. There was no reason why we should have. He taught ...
... there. It was the end of the school term, and we had both gone on a faculty outing set up to foster esprit de corps. Neither of us could remember having seen the other on campus before. There was no reason why we should have. He taught ...
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... There were children on bicycles, children on skates, children in trees, children in tears. And there were the white mothers, and there were the black baby-sitters, each gathered in separate clusters on the benches in the playground ...
... There were children on bicycles, children on skates, children in trees, children in tears. And there were the white mothers, and there were the black baby-sitters, each gathered in separate clusters on the benches in the playground ...
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... there was not a man in sight. It was twenty minutes past ten, and Heather at last appeared, half an hour late. “You're late,” I said, though the mere sight of her had calmed me and made me feel more complete. “I know,” she said, and ...
... there was not a man in sight. It was twenty minutes past ten, and Heather at last appeared, half an hour late. “You're late,” I said, though the mere sight of her had calmed me and made me feel more complete. “I know,” she said, and ...
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