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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... mother said that dawn was the noisiest time of day because of the birds , but birdsong wasn't the sound I dreaded . Breathing was . " Emma ? " Bret asked gently . " Where was she doing cart- wheels ? " I swallowed . Talking hadn't been ...
... mother hated pajamas . To my surprise , Ginny was wearing a pair of yellow cotton pajamas with Snoopy on them , which must have made doing cartwheels a lot easier . I'd been hovering next to the ceiling , counting the lilac blossoms on ...
... mother said , " At least it isn't conscious to listen to you bragging about how beautifully you're carving it . " But here I was , bleeding . He never would have left a pa- tient bleeding in bed . " You mustn't ever tell anyone , " he'd ...
... mother knew , it would kill her ; he'd said so clearly enough . Ginny's death had already killed the parts of Mom that would have kept him out of my room at dawn . If she found out and died completely— No , I wasn't going to think about ...
... mother was putting clean ones on the bed . My father kept telling her she should hire a cleaning lady so she wouldn't have so much to do , but she said housework relaxed her . My private suspicion was that no one else's cleaning efforts ...