The Hurry-up SummerHaving lived all her life with her widowered father in their small Southern town, twelve-year-old Letty resents his new girlfriend and tries to grow up in a hurry to stop him from remarrying. |
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... scary movie , this nightmare . Halfway to the bus depot they rested on the Main Street curbstone . Now she was feeling heartsick not only in ... scared , go to Rosemarie's . Letty , you got to get over being such a eternal ' fraidy ( 15 )
... scary movie , this nightmare . Halfway to the bus depot they rested on the Main Street curbstone . Now she was feeling heartsick not only in ... scared , go to Rosemarie's . Letty , you got to get over being such a eternal ' fraidy ( 15 )
Page 88
... scared of things . I'm cutting that right out . Marfa said it's the mainest childish thing I have to get over ... scare him off ? I can't keep being so kiddish I throw up , for pete's sake ! That sounds like something Rosemarie'd do ...
... scared of things . I'm cutting that right out . Marfa said it's the mainest childish thing I have to get over ... scare him off ? I can't keep being so kiddish I throw up , for pete's sake ! That sounds like something Rosemarie'd do ...
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... scared it might be ? " " I was scared . " " That's like a sad movie . I'm sorry for you , Ginger . " " Well . Life's a bag of surprises . They aren't all dread- ful , though , some of the loveliest , loveliest surprises do come along ...
... scared it might be ? " " I was scared . " " That's like a sad movie . I'm sorry for you , Ginger . " " Well . Life's a bag of surprises . They aren't all dread- ful , though , some of the loveliest , loveliest surprises do come along ...
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