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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... tell us what it is.” “For God's sake, Dad,” Heather said. “He's only two.” Of all our New Year's rituals, by far the most treacherous was our father's insistence on the round-robin public naming of our New Year's resolutions. It was his ...
... tell us what it is.” “For God's sake, Dad,” Heather said. “He's only two.” Of all our New Year's rituals, by far the most treacherous was our father's insistence on the round-robin public naming of our New Year's resolutions. It was his ...
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... tell my students about Achilles' heel and I tell them about Midas' touch. I tell them about Nike, and I tell them about Nemesis. I tell them how lethargy came from Lethe. And I tell them about Kronos, the god who in legend became Father ...
... tell my students about Achilles' heel and I tell them about Midas' touch. I tell them about Nike, and I tell them about Nemesis. I tell them how lethargy came from Lethe. And I tell them about Kronos, the god who in legend became Father ...
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... telling us why, always describing the strangers he's treated and saved, the families he's rescued, the hero he's been. He's the largest thing in our little lives. He is here tonight. He has put us first. We are able to be his hero's ...
... telling us why, always describing the strangers he's treated and saved, the families he's rescued, the hero he's been. He's the largest thing in our little lives. He is here tonight. He has put us first. We are able to be his hero's ...
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... tell him?” Heather asked me. “What a great way to start the new year,” I said. “You're losing your sense of humor,” she told me. “Do what you want,” I said, and hung up. “Heather?” Edgar asked me. We were still lying in bed. “Of course ...
... tell him?” Heather asked me. “What a great way to start the new year,” I said. “You're losing your sense of humor,” she told me. “Do what you want,” I said, and hung up. “Heather?” Edgar asked me. We were still lying in bed. “Of course ...
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... “I'll see her when you get home,” she said. In the background, I heard a faint, brittle cry. “David's hungry again,” she said. “How can you tell?” “You'll figure it out.” The first two weeks were lovely. Edgar had taken time.
... “I'll see her when you get home,” she said. In the background, I heard a faint, brittle cry. “David's hungry again,” she said. “How can you tell?” “You'll figure it out.” The first two weeks were lovely. Edgar had taken time.
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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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