The Other Shepards"A mesmerizing novel about healing and emotional survival. Geneva Shepard and her older sister, eighth-grader Holland, have lived their lives in the shadow of a memory -- that of their three siblings who were tragically killed in a car accident twenty years earlier .... Then one day an artist appears to paint a mural in their home. Part therapist, part friend, part angel, Annie transforms their lives and allows the girls to begin a much-needed healing process after years of perceived secondary importance to their parents. This is a stunning, quietly moving novel that shows the far-reaching aftermath of tragedy in one family's lives .... |
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... Bishop Brown High School , which must have a relaxed policy on admitting night crawlers . " Oh , really ? " I smile politely and hope Mom is not leading up to a mention of Aaron . No such luck . " She told me that Aaron wasn't going to ...
... Bishop Brown High School , which must have a relaxed policy on admitting night crawlers . " Oh , really ? " I smile politely and hope Mom is not leading up to a mention of Aaron . No such luck . " She told me that Aaron wasn't going to ...
Page 216
... help occasionally tempting myself , clicking through channels , hoping to see his commercial , and one afternoon after school I search out his pictures in Kevin's senior year Bishop Brown yearbook . There he is , a smear @ 216.
... help occasionally tempting myself , clicking through channels , hoping to see his commercial , and one afternoon after school I search out his pictures in Kevin's senior year Bishop Brown yearbook . There he is , a smear @ 216.
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Adele Griffin. Bishop Brown yearbook . There he is , a smear of dark and light in the third row on the basketball team , there again in a crowded cafeteria shot , and again on page seventy - two , my favorite , above the caption WILLIAM ...
Adele Griffin. Bishop Brown yearbook . There he is , a smear of dark and light in the third row on the basketball team , there again in a crowded cafeteria shot , and again on page seventy - two , my favorite , above the caption WILLIAM ...
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one geneva | 1 |
two annie | 18 |
three the other shepards 3535 | 35 |
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Aaron Aaron Hill Adele Griffin afternoon air kisses Ambrose Annie answers Annie says Annie's birds of paradise Bishop Brown boyfriend breath coffee colors Dad's Dana DePass door Elizabeth eyes face feel fingers front Geneva adds Geneva asks Geneva calls Geneva says girls Hail Marys hair hand head hear hold Holland Hubbards inside jacket juice Kevin kids kiss kitchen knew laugh Litterbug look Louis Littlebird Louis says Macy's Madame Alexander Miss Pia Mom's morning Motahahn mouth mural never night nods Okay paint parents picture Regina Beach remember Ryan Saint Germaine Saint Jude Shepard shoes shoulders sister skin sleep slides smell smile sound stand stare stay stop story street subway sure talk tell There's thing thought Thumbkin tickets tonight tree voice wait walk wall watch wearing whisper words Yeah