Heart of the Matter: A Novel"Giffin excels at creating complex characters and stories that ask us to explore what we really want from our lives."--Atlanta Journal-Constitution |
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... brother, pointing toward the family room where Charlie was building an elaborate Lego dungeon. Jason repeated himself verbatim, this time in an exaggerated whisper as Valerie shook her head, declaring that six years old was too young ...
... brother be so different when they had grown up together in the same brown-shingled house in their Irish-Catholic neighborhood in Southbridge, Massachusetts? They were best friends, sharing the same bedroom until they were twelve when ...
... brother's theory now, as she turned back toward the stove, pouring a dozen perfectly symmetrical silver-dollar pancakes. She wasn't an accomplished cook, but had mastered all breakfast dishes thanks to her very first job, waitressing at ...
... brother from the car, having the irrational sense that doing so will make everything more real. Instead, she simply says, “Come now. Hurry.” “Come where?” Jason asks, music blaring in the background. When she does not answer, the music ...
... brother and parents, but living in the city was a different matter, and Ryan felt like my rock and safety net in the uncertain, scary real world. Reliable, honest, kind, funny Ryan with his big, boisterous family and parents who had ...
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24 Valerie | 200 |
25 Tessa | 204 |
26 Valerie | 208 |
27 Tessa | 214 |
28 Valerie | 226 |
29 Tessa | 233 |
30 Valerie | 244 |
31 Tessa | 250 |
9 Tessa | 83 |
10 Valerie | 96 |
11 Tessa | 102 |
12 Valerie | 112 |
13 Tessa | 121 |
14 Valerie | 129 |
15 Tessa | 138 |
16 Valerie | 145 |
17 Tessa | 151 |
18 Valerie | 154 |
19 Tessa | 159 |
20 Valerie | 166 |
21 Tessa | 172 |
22 Valerie | 185 |
23 Tessa | 192 |
32 Valerie | 257 |
33 Tessa | 262 |
34 Valerie | 269 |
35 Tessa | 272 |
36 Valerie | 283 |
37 Tessa | 298 |
38 Valerie | 304 |
39 Tessa | 312 |
40 Valerie | 329 |
41 Tessa | 336 |
42 Valerie | 348 |
43 Tessa | 352 |
44 Valerie | 357 |
45 Tessa | 360 |