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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... twins in our thirties, brown-haired, mammoth, rivals in waiting. Heather, of course, felt better than I did. Looked better, too. Worried less. Talked more. This was to be her second child, and my first, and so she knew everything I was ...
... twins in our thirties, brown-haired, mammoth, rivals in waiting. Heather, of course, felt better than I did. Looked better, too. Worried less. Talked more. This was to be her second child, and my first, and so she knew everything I was ...
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... twins. She was tall; I was not. She was lithe; I was not. Her hair was curly; mine was straight. Neither of us was quite beautiful, but she did more with what she had: tweezed her eyebrows, did her makeup. When we were children, our ...
... twins. She was tall; I was not. She was lithe; I was not. Her hair was curly; mine was straight. Neither of us was quite beautiful, but she did more with what she had: tweezed her eyebrows, did her makeup. When we were children, our ...
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... twin daughters—looked at each other, our eyebrows raised, our words unneeded. The look excluded the rest of the room. It jumped through time. “A resolution,” said Richard, “is like a deal you make.” Heather laughed and rumpled his hair ...
... twin daughters—looked at each other, our eyebrows raised, our words unneeded. The look excluded the rest of the room. It jumped through time. “A resolution,” said Richard, “is like a deal you make.” Heather laughed and rumpled his hair ...
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... twin circles around Mom's skirt. He lets us taste the champagne, and we get to eat all the cookies we want. Heather lies next to me on the couch, the fabric of my nightgown sleeve indistinguishable from the fabric of hers. On the TV ...
... twin circles around Mom's skirt. He lets us taste the champagne, and we get to eat all the cookies we want. Heather lies next to me on the couch, the fabric of my nightgown sleeve indistinguishable from the fabric of hers. On the TV ...
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... Twins?” Heather said. I shrugged. She smiled. She reached into David's stroller bag and pulled out a gift-wrapped box. “You already gave me a shower,” I said. She had. She'd invited my colleagues from school and had even tracked down my ...
... Twins?” Heather said. I shrugged. She smiled. She reached into David's stroller bag and pulled out a gift-wrapped box. “You already gave me a shower,” I said. She had. She'd invited my colleagues from school and had even tracked down my ...
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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