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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... never the way I 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 ...
... never the way I 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 ...
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... 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 got to take care ...
... 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 got to take care ...
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... never allowed to play. Balloons hang in clusters like chandeliers; our stuffed bears and bunnies are sitting like guests on the couch and the velvet chairs. The crystal champagne glasses catch the light. Inside them, bubbles shoot up to ...
... never allowed to play. Balloons hang in clusters like chandeliers; our stuffed bears and bunnies are sitting like guests on the couch and the velvet chairs. The crystal champagne glasses catch the light. Inside them, bubbles shoot up to ...
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... never unsung. When the dancing is over, Heather and I lean close and whisper, and we run to our rooms to get our costumes from the closets. The costumes are cardboard butterfly wings. Heather's are orange, and mine are green. Dad smiles, ...
... never unsung. When the dancing is over, Heather and I lean close and whisper, and we run to our rooms to get our costumes from the closets. The costumes are cardboard butterfly wings. Heather's are orange, and mine are green. Dad smiles, ...
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... never felt a thing. As I pushed, a nurse held one of my legs up. Wilma, my doctor, held the other. At my back, Edgar held my shoulders and rolled them forward and whispered to me and exhorted. I was the center of the world. There was a ...
... never felt a thing. As I pushed, a nurse held one of my legs up. Wilma, my doctor, held the other. At my back, Edgar held my shoulders and rolled them forward and whispered to me and exhorted. I was the center of the world. There was a ...
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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