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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... doorway and something starts to build in me , as if my heart were trembling , the way the earth moves just before a quake . I look at Colin and I want to shake him , I want to hit him , I want to take hold of his shoulders and jerk him ...
... doorway and something starts to build in me , as if my heart were trembling , the way the earth moves just before a quake . I look at Colin and I want to shake him , I want to hit him , I want to take hold of his shoulders and jerk him ...
Page 190
... doorway of the living room when we hear Colin clearing his throat inside . Zach lets go of my mother's hand and looks at the doorway as if he's afraid that Colin will materialize there . My mother shakes her head . " He ran here , " she ...
... doorway of the living room when we hear Colin clearing his throat inside . Zach lets go of my mother's hand and looks at the doorway as if he's afraid that Colin will materialize there . My mother shakes her head . " He ran here , " she ...
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... doorway , crowd it with my shoulders . " I want to tell you about it , " I say . " I want you to hear about it now . I wasn't making families I only made those people to burn them . That was all I ever did with them . I never played ...
... doorway , crowd it with my shoulders . " I want to tell you about it , " I say . " I want you to hear about it now . I wasn't making families I only made those people to burn them . That was all I ever did with them . I never played ...
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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