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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... weeks ahead of mine. She had always gone first. She had been born only twenty-two minutes before me, but I believed that in those twenty-two minutes resided her power and her control. She thought of herself as older. She had, subtly ...
... weeks ahead of mine. She had always gone first. She had been born only twenty-two minutes before me, but I believed that in those twenty-two minutes resided her power and her control. She thought of herself as older. She had, subtly ...
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... week that he would. He films us flapping our arms as we fly in 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 ...
... week that he would. He films us flapping our arms as we fly in 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 ...
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... weeks later, on a massive cloud of Demerol and deep, deep joy. I was in labor for only eight hours, and after the first dozen bad contractions, I never felt a thing. As I pushed, a nurse held one of my legs up. Wilma, my doctor, held ...
... weeks later, on a massive cloud of Demerol and deep, deep joy. I was in labor for only eight hours, and after the first dozen bad contractions, I never felt a thing. As I pushed, a nurse held one of my legs up. Wilma, my doctor, held ...
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... ” I asked. “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 asked. “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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A Novel Lisa Grunwald. The first two weeks were lovely. Edgar had taken time off from his classes, so we were a team ... week checkup with Joe Worth, one of the three doctors who shared Heather's practice. Joe moved his enormous hands ...
A Novel Lisa Grunwald. The first two weeks were lovely. Edgar had taken time off from his classes, so we were a team ... week checkup with Joe Worth, one of the three doctors who shared Heather's practice. Joe moved his enormous hands ...
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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