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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... thought ! ) with small goldeny dots around pupils 27. Younger brother 28. Catholic 29. Litters 30. Gold hoop earring ... thoughts . The Louis I bumped into this morning was a more earnest , less detached guy than the one I met in the Sam ...
... thought ! ) with small goldeny dots around pupils 27. Younger brother 28. Catholic 29. Litters 30. Gold hoop earring ... thoughts . The Louis I bumped into this morning was a more earnest , less detached guy than the one I met in the Sam ...
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... thought— " " That I invented Annie ? Why would I ? " I see in Dad's face that he has asked himself this same question . " We thought you girls away from you didn't needed Annie . To take her seem right . " The gentleness of his tone ...
... thought— " " That I invented Annie ? Why would I ? " I see in Dad's face that he has asked himself this same question . " We thought you girls away from you didn't needed Annie . To take her seem right . " The gentleness of his tone ...
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... thought he was cute . And now he's an actor , I heard , mostly in television commercials . Actually , I thought I saw him in a heartburn ad . Might not have been him , though . I'm not good with faces . " I can't help occasionally ...
... thought he was cute . And now he's an actor , I heard , mostly in television commercials . Actually , I thought I saw him in a heartburn ad . Might not have been him , though . I'm not good with faces . " I can't help occasionally ...
Contents
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