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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... She'd known that she wanted to be a doctor before I'd known I wanted to teach. She had been my protector, my lookout, my voice at the drugstore counter when I'd been too shy to ask for help. She had killed the spiders, led the way home ...
... She'd known that she wanted to be a doctor before I'd known I wanted to teach. She had been my protector, my lookout, my voice at the drugstore counter when I'd been too shy to ask for help. She had killed the spiders, led the way home ...
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... content to enjoy the joke she'd made, just as, often, she was content to enjoy the confusion she made, or the sorrow. I didn't laugh with them. I couldn't. I felt awful for Dad. For years, he'd been growing old gracefully,
... content to enjoy the joke she'd made, just as, often, she was content to enjoy the confusion she made, or the sorrow. I didn't laugh with them. I couldn't. I felt awful for Dad. For years, he'd been growing old gracefully,
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... 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?” Jeffrey asked. “You get to know ...
... 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?” Jeffrey asked. “You get to know ...
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... 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 Year's Eves in Paris, London, and Rome.” “I don't think ...
... 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 Year's Eves in Paris, London, and Rome.” “I don't think ...
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... She'd invited my colleagues from school and had even tracked down my best friend from college. “Open it,” she said, grinning at me. But I was still nursing. “I'll open it,” she said. In the box were two sets of identical and adorable ...
... She'd invited my colleagues from school and had even tracked down my best friend from college. “Open it,” she said, grinning at me. But I was still nursing. “I'll open it,” she said. In the box were two sets of identical and adorable ...
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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