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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... wasn't named for anyone. Erica was just a name that had seemed to my parents to go well with Heather. She had been the first one to smoke a cigarette, try marijuana, get her period, kiss a boy, lose her virginity, marry, have a child ...
... wasn't named for anyone. Erica was just a name that had seemed to my parents to go well with Heather. She had been the first one to smoke a cigarette, try marijuana, get her period, kiss a boy, lose her virginity, marry, have a child ...
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... wasn't finished yet,” Heather said. “It's my turn,” I said, trying to meet her eyes. I loathed his game as much as she did, but I loved him, and hated her cruelty. “I resolve,” I said, “not to let Heather be mean.” Heather looked at me ...
... wasn't finished yet,” Heather said. “It's my turn,” I said, trying to meet her eyes. I loathed his game as much as she did, but I loved him, and hated her cruelty. “I resolve,” I said, “not to let Heather be mean.” Heather looked at me ...
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... wasn't exactly the kind of person I hoped Edgar would turn out to be. I decided he might be Nereus, the original Old Man of the Sea. Edgar was my age, just thirty then, but he possessed the kind of calm that, I felt, only came with ...
... wasn't exactly the kind of person I hoped Edgar would turn out to be. I decided he might be Nereus, the original Old Man of the Sea. Edgar was my age, just thirty then, but he possessed the kind of calm that, I felt, only came with ...
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... open the door. Edgar was sitting with her on the bed. He was watching the basketball play-offs while trying to rock her into silence. He wasn't looking at her. “She's crying,” I said. “I think she's hungry,” he said, still looking at the.
... open the door. Edgar was sitting with her on the bed. He was watching the basketball play-offs while trying to rock her into silence. He wasn't looking at her. “She's crying,” I said. “I think she's hungry,” he said, still looking at the.
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... wasn't a statement. It was a challenge, a dare, a temptation. I'd never thought Edgar was useless. I'd thought he was marvelous. “Totally useless,” I said. Heather and I had chased each other for years, like hands on a clock. Now, with ...
... wasn't a statement. It was a challenge, a dare, a temptation. I'd never thought Edgar was useless. I'd thought he was marvelous. “Totally useless,” I said. Heather and I had chased each other for years, like hands on a clock. Now, with ...
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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