Amnesty: A NovelMaura Jaeger has hidden herself in the hills of rural Pennsylvania, teaching English at a small state college and rigorously avoiding all relationships. When her father dies, she must return to the small town where she grew up, confronting ghosts at every turn: her beloved brother Colin, whose tour of duty in Vietnam changed him forever; the town that shunned her family when her brother Zach fled to Canada to dodge the draft; the lovers who left her behind; and the family that has exiled her for her lesbianism. Forced to re-examine the childhood that she has fought so hard to forget, Maura must grant herself amnesty and begin to live life on her own terms. |
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... Adele , the best name I could think of . This barn used to be full of animals , but all the stalls are empty now ... Adele has fallen asleep in my lap , her brown eyes closed , her tiny spotted face exhausted and blissful , her paws ...
... Adele , the best name I could think of . This barn used to be full of animals , but all the stalls are empty now ... Adele has fallen asleep in my lap , her brown eyes closed , her tiny spotted face exhausted and blissful , her paws ...
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... Adele sits beside me , snuggles against my side . I put my arm around her . I can feel her breathing , her sides ... Adele's warm body tight against mine , the leaves around us lying dead on the ground , and I think of Colin , wish that ...
... Adele sits beside me , snuggles against my side . I put my arm around her . I can feel her breathing , her sides ... Adele's warm body tight against mine , the leaves around us lying dead on the ground , and I think of Colin , wish that ...
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... Adele , wonder if she's anywhere around . If she is , Adele doesn't seem to notice , just sniffs around the trees , waiting for me to take her to the woods . I walk through the woods with Adele when school is over and I do not have to ...
... Adele , wonder if she's anywhere around . If she is , Adele doesn't seem to notice , just sniffs around the trees , waiting for me to take her to the woods . I walk through the woods with Adele when school is over and I do not have to ...
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Adele Alyson Publications anymore arms asks basketball beneath beside body breath chair cheeks chest cigarette coffee Colin says comes curled Dan says dark Davey Janeski desk Dewberry dinner door doorway draft dodgers driveway face father says feel fingers Frances front girls glances glass hair hand hangs head hear heart hold Ilse inside Jack Daniel's keep kitchen leave lift light lips live look Magdelene Magdelene's Maura Maurice Miss Greenway mother says mouth move never night notebook nuns Okay pulls pushes Renee's saddle shoes shaking shoulders shut silent Sister Martha Sister Rosaria skin smell smiles snow stand staring stop suddenly takes my hand talk tell things throat tongue clicking touch town trees turn Vietnam voice waiting walk watch What's whispers wind window wonder woods write Zach Zachary