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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... babies together.” “Is it?” I asked her, both moved and surprised. Edgar came over and parted us. He put one hand on my belly and the other at the back of my neck. “To us, darling,” he said, and kissed me. I felt the baby kick and stir ...
... babies together.” “Is it?” I asked her, both moved and surprised. Edgar came over and parted us. He put one hand on my belly and the other at the back of my neck. “To us, darling,” he said, and kissed me. I felt the baby kick and stir ...
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... baby was kicking.” “I love it,” he said. “I know,” I told him. He lifted the sheet and covers and the T-shirt of his I'd been wearing to sleep in since everything I owned had gotten too small. “What day?” I asked him, a ritual by now ...
... baby was kicking.” “I love it,” he said. “I know,” I told him. He lifted the sheet and covers and the T-shirt of his I'd been wearing to sleep in since everything I owned had gotten too small. “What day?” I asked him, a ritual by now ...
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... baby and me. Feeding into us were the voices. The nurse, Julia, like an auctioneer: “Come on, Erica, come on, come on, come on, sweetheart, you can do it, hold it, hold it, hold it, don't let up, don't let up.” And Wilma, from the other ...
... baby and me. Feeding into us were the voices. The nurse, Julia, like an auctioneer: “Come on, Erica, come on, come on, come on, sweetheart, you can do it, hold it, hold it, hold it, don't let up, don't let up.” And Wilma, from the other ...
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... baby,” I said. “Exactly,” he said. “And what does that mean?” “It means that you just had your first baby. You've got your whole life in front of you.” “I've got Sarah's whole life in front of me,” I said. “You're young,” he said ...
... baby,” I said. “Exactly,” he said. “And what does that mean?” “It means that you just had your first baby. You've got your whole life in front of you.” “I've got Sarah's whole life in front of me,” I said. “You're young,” he said ...
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... 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, each dispensing various amounts of apple.
... 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, each dispensing various amounts of apple.
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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