Amnesty: A NovelMaura Jaeger has hidden herself in the hills of rural Pennsylvania, teaching English at a small state college and rigorously avoiding all relationships. When her father dies, she must return to the small town where she grew up, confronting ghosts at every turn: her beloved brother Colin, whose tour of duty in Vietnam changed him forever; the town that shunned her family when her brother Zach fled to Canada to dodge the draft; the lovers who left her behind; and the family that has exiled her for her lesbianism. Forced to re-examine the childhood that she has fought so hard to forget, Maura must grant herself amnesty and begin to live life on her own terms. |
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... there and breathed there and longed to make my break from it . I wonder if it's any different there , now that he is gone . My father walks into the kitchen when he thinks we're all asleep . He walks into the kitchen and he reaches for ...
... there and breathed there and longed to make my break from it . I wonder if it's any different there , now that he is gone . My father walks into the kitchen when he thinks we're all asleep . He walks into the kitchen and he reaches for ...
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... There's a question in her voice , like she thinks this might be an answer I want . " Is that a value ? " I say . Or an institution ? I want to add , but feel that I am treading on thin ice here . Earlier in the semester , when I asked ...
... There's a question in her voice , like she thinks this might be an answer I want . " Is that a value ? " I say . Or an institution ? I want to add , but feel that I am treading on thin ice here . Earlier in the semester , when I asked ...
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... there , silent , moving toward me almost imper- ceptibly , like the hands of a clock , except that I'm the one that's moving , and all around me the streets are silent , and it's time to go back home , time to go to bed , and tonight ...
... there , silent , moving toward me almost imper- ceptibly , like the hands of a clock , except that I'm the one that's moving , and all around me the streets are silent , and it's time to go back home , time to go to bed , and tonight ...
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Adele Alyson Publications anymore arms asks basketball beneath beside body breath chair cheeks chest cigarette coffee Colin says comes curled Dan says dark Davey Janeski desk Dewberry dinner door doorway draft dodgers driveway face father says feel fingers Frances front girls glances glass hair hand hangs head hear heart hold Ilse inside Jack Daniel's keep kitchen leave lift light lips live look Magdelene Magdelene's Maura Maurice Miss Greenway mother says mouth move never night notebook nuns Okay pulls pushes Renee's saddle shoes shaking shoulders shut silent Sister Martha Sister Rosaria skin smell smiles snow stand staring stop suddenly takes my hand talk tell things throat tongue clicking touch town trees turn Vietnam voice waiting walk watch What's whispers wind window wonder woods write Zach Zachary