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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... she'd inherited our parents ' best features , the ones I'd always wanted : Mom's blue eyes and flowing auburn hair , my father's roman nose and firm chin . I'd gotten the leftovers : Mom's gap teeth and propensity to freckle at the ...
... she'd go through it , into my parents ' room- Mom would really love that - but instead she turned and started doing cartwheels in the other direction , coming back towards me . " Hi , " I said . " What are you doing here ? " She stopped ...
... she'd be able to teach me how to go through walls too , and then I'd finally be able to get into her room . The door had been locked for as long as I could remember . Mom didn't want anybody in there and my father acted like the room ...
... she'd seen it . " It's your fault , " I told her . " Be- cause you went and died , and parts of Mom died when you did . Isn't that nice ? Doesn't that make you feel good ? " She didn't say anything ; just stared at me , both hands over ...
... she'd been so sick before she died , battling pneumonia for weeks while Mom wept by her hospital bed- side and my father , the omnipotent physician , railed at his in- ability to save her . I knew that story by heart . Once , before it ...