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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... hoped it would turn out to be. “Stomach to stomach, girls!” my father said brightly, camera gleaming in his hands. “No, Dad,” I begged him. “Please. Not now.” “This is going to be great!” Heather said, and sprang New Year's Eve, 1985.
... hoped it would turn out to be. “Stomach to stomach, girls!” my father said brightly, camera gleaming in his hands. “No, Dad,” I begged him. “Please. Not now.” “This is going to be great!” Heather said, and sprang New Year's Eve, 1985.
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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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... 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. “I resolve to take a lengthy sabbatical, and spend the next three New ...
... 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. “I resolve to take a lengthy sabbatical, and spend the next three New ...
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... 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. “Next year,” he said somewhat pointedly, “maybe we'll celebrate New.
... 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. “Next year,” he said somewhat pointedly, “maybe we'll celebrate New.
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... hand has almost caught up to the twelve. The big hand is halfway between eight and nine. “This is a waltz by Strauss,” Dad tells me. When New Year's Eve, 1958.
... hand has almost caught up to the twelve. The big hand is halfway between eight and nine. “This is a waltz by Strauss,” Dad tells me. When New Year's Eve, 1958.
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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