26a: A NovelA hauntingly beautiful, wickedly funny, and devastatingly moving novel of innocence and dreams that announces the arrival of a major new talent to the literary scene In the attic room at 26 Waifer Avenue, identical twins Georgia and Bessi Hunter share nectarines and forge their identities, while escaping from the sadness and danger that inhabit the floors below. But innocence lasts for only so long—and dreams, no matter how vivid and powerful, cannot slow the relentless incursion of the real world. |
Contents
| 3 | |
| 18 | |
| 31 | |
Sekon | 49 |
The Second | 89 |
Snowgirls | 91 |
Mr Hyde | 114 |
Ginger | 132 |
Flapjacks | 154 |
Selected Letters | 165 |
The Third | 177 |
What Is It? | 179 |
A Cottage by a Hill | 212 |
See You Monday | 225 |
Acknowledgments | 278 |
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