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. |
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... 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 and stood up - which meant that her 12 SUSAN PALWICK.
Susan Palwick. She stopped and stood up - which meant that her feet were planted on the ceiling like mine - and squinted at me , frown- ing , her head cocked to one side . " Cartwheels , " she said . The breathing sounded like a ...
... stopped short , frowning . I hoped she was hurt . I wanted her to be hurt . " That's right : Ginny , my perfect sister , the one who was skin- nier than I am and smarter than I am and had better manners than I do . The one who had ...
... stopped , fi- nally . When I craned my head up at the bed I could see my ugly fat body lying there like a rag doll someone had tossed aside . It was time for me to go back , so I could get up and eat breakfast and go to school . Getting ...
... stopped work on it three months later , when Ginny died , and hadn't finished it until the brutally cold winter when I was nine . I was careful only to touch the top third of it , which was softer and neater than the rest . When I ...