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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... thought of herself as older. She had, subtly, always been treated as older. She had been named for our father's 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 ...
... thought of herself as older. She had, subtly, always been treated as older. She had been named for our father's 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 ...
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... thought of my father as Kronos. He was bitter as hell about getting old, and now, as the time sped on, he sized up his children hungrily but seemed to fear he had missed his chance. “My resolution is next,” I said as I shook my head at ...
... thought of my father as Kronos. He was bitter as hell about getting old, and now, as the time sped on, he sized up his children hungrily but seemed to fear he had missed his chance. “My resolution is next,” I said as I shook my head at ...
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... thoughts. “Why do they do this?” I asked her. “They're still adjusting to life on land.” He wriggled a little and let out a cry, his face the shade of a tropical sunset, his tiny mouth an impossible O. Heather scooped him up in one ...
... thoughts. “Why do they do this?” I asked her. “They're still adjusting to life on land.” He wriggled a little and let out a cry, his face the shade of a tropical sunset, his tiny mouth an impossible O. Heather scooped him up in one ...
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... thought she was talking about my mother. I thought she meant that somehow I was bringing her back into the world. Then I realized she was talking about me. I was going to be Mommy. I was going to be Mother, the word with the most ...
... thought she was talking about my mother. I thought she meant that somehow I was bringing her back into the world. Then I realized she was talking about me. I was going to be Mommy. I was going to be Mother, the word with the most ...
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... thoughts of the next moment, or the last. Then, like an accident, it carted my life before me. I was kissing last lovers, first boyfriends. I was on a beach in summer, under a blanket in winter. I was twelve and twenty. I was seventy. I ...
... thoughts of the next moment, or the last. Then, like an accident, it carted my life before me. I was kissing last lovers, first boyfriends. I was on a beach in summer, under a blanket in winter. I was twelve and twenty. I was seventy. I ...
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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