Flying in PlaceTor Publishing Group, 01 ապր, 2010 թ. - 192 էջ Once in a while, a first novel arrives like a bolt of lightning, commanding attention with an explosion of power, grace, and light. Flying in Place is such a book. As unflinching as The Lovely Bones, as startling as Beloved, it is a work to bear witness--with bravery and compassion--for the experience of millions of readers and their loved ones. |
From inside the book
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... face brightened . " Ha ! See ? You do know who I was ! " " Are you kidding ? How could I not know who you are ? It's not like Mom would ever let me forget it ! Most kids get Seuss stories at bedtime : I've gotten Ginny stories , as long ...
... face with the back of one hand . Her tiny fingers were shaking like twigs in a winter wind . " She doesn't want that . I know she doesn't want that . " " I don't . If I died she could pretend I was beautiful . You're not as beautiful as ...
... faces I drew on Halloween pumpkins , no matter how complicated I made them . It had become a ritual ; each October 30 I drew the fanciest face I could , and each October 31 my father came home from the hospital wearing scrubs , gloves ...
... faces on them with magic marker , so that they looked like grinning animals with stubby legs and tails . One of them broke when I touched it , and I started crying , but my father laughed and said , " Don't be upset , Emma . I can make ...
... face him over breakfast . " Twenty - eight days , " I said wearily , quoting my health teacher . " But every woman's different . " I wondered just how different women were , because I had the feeling this was going to be happening more ...