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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... knew everything I was heading for, or at least everything she was heading for, and she made sure that I knew she knew, and that our father knew, and that our husbands knew. Her air of certainty, always brisk, was, that night, sublime ...
... knew everything I was heading for, or at least everything she was heading for, and she made sure that I knew she knew, and that our father knew, and that our husbands knew. Her air of certainty, always brisk, was, that night, sublime ...
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... knew that he would be back. “Resolution,” Heather and I said at exactly the same instant. We laughed. Even in our worst phases, we had often spoken in stereo, or answered each other's unasked questions, or started to sing in unison the ...
... knew that he would be back. “Resolution,” Heather and I said at exactly the same instant. We laughed. Even in our worst phases, we had often spoken in stereo, or answered each other's unasked questions, or started to sing in unison the ...
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... knew that she'd never be able to step off the wild, glad ride of her booming career for more than the briefest maternity leave. “Lighten up,” she told Dad and Richard. “What would be so bad about me taking a little time off?” “You've ...
... knew that she'd never be able to step off the wild, glad ride of her booming career for more than the briefest maternity leave. “Lighten up,” she told Dad and Richard. “What would be so bad about me taking a little time off?” “You've ...
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... knew, what Mom would have said, and it made me happy to hear it. Then the sounds of car horns and of revelers in the street drifted up toward Dad's apartment. Heather flashed the lights off and on. Jeffrey blew on his noisemaker, then ...
... knew, what Mom would have said, and it made me happy to hear it. Then the sounds of car horns and of revelers in the street drifted up toward Dad's apartment. Heather flashed the lights off and on. Jeffrey blew on his noisemaker, then ...
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... knew every weakness in me. She was like a china collector, with an acute awareness of each chip and flaw. Edgar nestled against my shoulder. “How did you sleep?” he asked me. “The baby was kicking.” “I love it,” he said. “I know,” I ...
... knew every weakness in me. She was like a china collector, with an acute awareness of each chip and flaw. Edgar nestled against my shoulder. “How did you sleep?” he asked me. “The baby was kicking.” “I love it,” he said. “I know,” I ...
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Winter and Spring 1990 | |
New Years Eve 1963 | |
Spring 1990 | |
New Years Eve 1966 | |
Summer 1990 | |
New Years Eve 1967 | |
Summer 1990 | |
New Years Eve 1968 | |
Autumn 1990 | |
New Years Eve 1990 | |
Spring 1991 | |
New Years Eve 1983 | |
Summer 1990 | |
New Years Eve 1964 | |
Summer 1990 | |
New Years Eve 1958 | |
New Years Eve 1991 | |
Acknowledgments | |
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