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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... arms , as bits of his brain matter splatter my face , and the sound of his name hangs in the air as his body goes slack in my arms and the sound of the gun fades away . There is only my screaming , out of control , as I try to gather ...
... arms , as bits of his brain matter splatter my face , and the sound of his name hangs in the air as his body goes slack in my arms and the sound of the gun fades away . There is only my screaming , out of control , as I try to gather ...
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... arm . " Hey , " she says . " What's up ? " I walk along beside her . I feel like I'm underwater , like we'll never make ... arms brown on the log . I go into the kitchen , where my mother is , and watch her dicing onions on her cutting ...
... arm . " Hey , " she says . " What's up ? " I walk along beside her . I feel like I'm underwater , like we'll never make ... arms brown on the log . I go into the kitchen , where my mother is , and watch her dicing onions on her cutting ...
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... arms around me are strong as branches . Tiny muscles in her arms twitch against me , one hand strokes my hair back from my face , and her voice in the darkness is just a hush , a whisper on the breeze , a trace of water moving beneath ...
... arms around me are strong as branches . Tiny muscles in her arms twitch against me , one hand strokes my hair back from my face , and her voice in the darkness is just a hush , a whisper on the breeze , a trace of water moving beneath ...
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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