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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... eyes were the same, as if we'd been given exactly equal power to witness each other's lives. “Told you so,” Heather said gaily. She leaned over my shoulder to point at the photograph of my too-small shirt, the proof of my huge and hated ...
... eyes were the same, as if we'd been given exactly equal power to witness each other's lives. “Told you so,” Heather said gaily. She leaned over my shoulder to point at the photograph of my too-small shirt, the proof of my huge and hated ...
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... eyes merry. “How can you not care?” he asked her. His face, square and handsome but deeply furrowed, hovered above Heather's antically. ButI sensed in him more rage and distraction than he wanted to show. “Because,” Heather said to him ...
... eyes merry. “How can you not care?” he asked her. His face, square and handsome but deeply furrowed, hovered above Heather's antically. ButI sensed in him more rage and distraction than he wanted to show. “Because,” Heather said to him ...
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... eyes filled with rage and self-pity, and also the guilty knowledge that he was jealous of his own child. For years, I've begun my classes by talking about all the ways that Greek myths show up in our lives. I tell my students about ...
... eyes filled with rage and self-pity, and also the guilty knowledge that he was jealous of his own child. For years, I've begun my classes by talking about all the ways that Greek myths show up in our lives. I tell my students about ...
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... eyes. I loathed his game as much as she did, but I loved him, and hated her cruelty. “I resolve,” I said, “not to let Heather be mean.” Heather looked at me arctically. But Dad hadn't even heard me. He was still lurking in his own ...
... eyes. I loathed his game as much as she did, but I loved him, and hated her cruelty. “I resolve,” I said, “not to let Heather be mean.” Heather looked at me arctically. But Dad hadn't even heard me. He was still lurking in his own ...
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... eyes are dark brown, and her hair short and shiny. “The Strauss,” she tells Dad contentedly. She puts the caviar down, and then he draws her into his arms, and they start waltzing around the living room. Dad takes out his movie camera ...
... eyes are dark brown, and her hair short and shiny. “The Strauss,” she tells Dad contentedly. She puts the caviar down, and then he draws her into his arms, and they start waltzing around the living room. Dad takes out his movie camera ...
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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