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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... night, sublime. New Year's Eve was our family ritual, our Christmas morning, our Fourth of July. It was the night on which we gathered, no matter where else we might have been tempted to go, to discover anew both how safe and how costly ...
... night, sublime. New Year's Eve was our family ritual, our Christmas morning, our Fourth of July. It was the night on which we gathered, no matter where else we might have been tempted to go, to discover anew both how safe and how costly ...
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... night before. Heather called New Year's morning to read me an article from the New York Times, in which Kravat explained that he deliberately had his musicians play the wrong note in the second bar of “Auld Lang Syne”—F sharp instead of ...
... night before. Heather called New Year's morning to read me an article from the New York Times, in which Kravat explained that he deliberately had his musicians play the wrong note in the second bar of “Auld Lang Syne”—F sharp instead of ...
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... night was trying to picture myself as the larger figure instead of the smaller one. Through clenched, closed eyes, I saw nothing and imagined the baby and me. Feeding into us were the voices. The nurse, Julia, like an auctioneer: “Come ...
... night was trying to picture myself as the larger figure instead of the smaller one. Through clenched, closed eyes, I saw nothing and imagined the baby and me. Feeding into us were the voices. The nurse, Julia, like an auctioneer: “Come ...
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... night. I reread the water myths. Poseidon ruled the ocean, having helped overthrow his father, Kronos. But Poseidon was also vengeful, combative, and liked to fool around, and that wasn't exactly the kind of person I hoped Edgar would ...
... night. I reread the water myths. Poseidon ruled the ocean, having helped overthrow his father, Kronos. But Poseidon was also vengeful, combative, and liked to fool around, and that wasn't exactly the kind of person I hoped Edgar would ...
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... night. “Give yourself some time,” she said. “Did you miss Mom?” I asked her. “You're going to be fine.” A Tiffany rattle arrived for Sarah, a gift from Bruno Lyons, who was head of my department and a famously distant attraction for ...
... night. “Give yourself some time,” she said. “Did you miss Mom?” I asked her. “You're going to be fine.” A Tiffany rattle arrived for Sarah, a gift from Bruno Lyons, who was head of my department and a famously distant attraction for ...
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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