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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... mother had dressed us alike , despite our impassioned protests and the bother of changing two sets of clothes when either one of us got a spot . Now only our eyes were the same , as if we'd been given exactly equal power to witness each ...
... mother had dressed us alike , despite our impassioned protests and the bother of changing two sets of clothes when either one of us got a spot . Now only our eyes were the same , as if we'd been given exactly equal power to witness each ...
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... mother , who had died the year before . I wasn't named for anyone . Erica was just a name that had seemed to my parents to go well with Heather . She had been the first one to smoke a cigarette , try marijuana , get her period , kiss a ...
... mother , who had died the year before . I wasn't named for anyone . Erica was just a name that had seemed to my parents to go well with Heather . She had been the first one to smoke a cigarette , try marijuana , get her period , kiss a ...
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... mother had been alive , she'd always managed to tease him about it . But she had been gone for nearly three years , and , with her , not only a source of forgiveness but also a sense of proportion . " What do I get for the promise ...
... mother had been alive , she'd always managed to tease him about it . But she had been gone for nearly three years , and , with her , not only a source of forgiveness but also a sense of proportion . " What do I get for the promise ...
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... mother standing next to her child , and for me , the business of that long , deep night was trying to picture myself ... mother . I thought she meant that somehow I was bringing her back into the world . Then I realized she was talking ...
... mother standing next to her child , and for me , the business of that long , deep night was trying to picture myself ... mother . I thought she meant that somehow I was bringing her back into the world . Then I realized she was talking ...
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... Mother Earth , dispensing milk and maternal gazes . Edgar woke me for the feedings , bringing me water to drink , a pillow to rest on , a cloth diaper for my shoulder . He emptied the diaper pail unasked . He swaddled her with precision ...
... Mother Earth , dispensing milk and maternal gazes . Edgar woke me for the feedings , bringing me water to drink , a pillow to rest on , a cloth diaper for my shoulder . He emptied the diaper pail unasked . He swaddled her with precision ...
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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