With Shuddering Fall"Miss Oates tells the story of an obsessive love over which, from the beginning, hovers an atmosphere of inexorable destruction. With raging passion and icy control, the two lovers move together toward a relentless climax, in an elaborate counterpoint that is at once terrifying and explosive."--Dust jacket flap. |
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Page 85
... The Revere boy stooped and picked it up to save for later . " Hey , hey ! " he murmured . After a while , when she did not respond , she felt their attention shift elsewhere . Outside , one noon not long before , they had 85.
... The Revere boy stooped and picked it up to save for later . " Hey , hey ! " he murmured . After a while , when she did not respond , she felt their attention shift elsewhere . Outside , one noon not long before , they had 85.
Page 139
... murmured . “ An un- fortunate happening . " Unless wreckage interfered with the race the other cars would not be flagged down ; so far as they were concerned nothing had happened . Karen had witnessed this before but still could not ...
... murmured . “ An un- fortunate happening . " Unless wreckage interfered with the race the other cars would not be flagged down ; so far as they were concerned nothing had happened . Karen had witnessed this before but still could not ...
Page 269
... murmured . " Where are they going ? " " There's some men in front of a bar down by the corner , I think they're going to them . A big mob . Bastards , " said Jerry . " I have come to Cherry River every year of my life , ” Max said ...
... murmured . " Where are they going ? " " There's some men in front of a bar down by the corner , I think they're going to them . A big mob . Bastards , " said Jerry . " I have come to Cherry River every year of my life , ” Max said ...
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