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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... leaves turn slowly in the wind . We walk in fallen leaves , catching them with our feet and flinging them into the air to fall behind us as we leave . Adele skips along beside us , half running to keep up with us , tripping now and then ...
... leaves turn slowly in the wind . We walk in fallen leaves , catching them with our feet and flinging them into the air to fall behind us as we leave . Adele skips along beside us , half running to keep up with us , tripping now and then ...
Page 66
... leave her candy . If they don't , they leave one of their old ballpoint pens or a pencil , for the sake of leaving something . I watch this with aloofness ; I do not intend to participate , for real . More Catholic games ; my mother ...
... leave her candy . If they don't , they leave one of their old ballpoint pens or a pencil , for the sake of leaving something . I watch this with aloofness ; I do not intend to participate , for real . More Catholic games ; my mother ...
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... leave , walk downstairs alone , go outside alone . I walk in the woods by myself . Adele is nowhere to be found . The trees along the trail are on fire with leaves , blazing all up and down the hillsides , along the creek , within the ...
... leave , walk downstairs alone , go outside alone . I walk in the woods by myself . Adele is nowhere to be found . The trees along the trail are on fire with leaves , blazing all up and down the hillsides , along the creek , within the ...
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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