Nine Below Zero: A NovelFrom the acclaimed author of A Stranger in this World and Into the Great Wide Open comes a novel that explores reckless love and penetrates the unrelenting winter landscape of the American West. Marvin Deernose, a Native American carpenter and recovering alcoholic, has just returned to his Montana hometown with hopes of finding a new start. Early one snowy morning, Marvin notices an overturned Cadillac down an embankment. After rescuing the elderly Senator Henry Neihart, who has just suffered a stroke, Marvin is invited to the Senator's estate where he is immediately drawn to Justine Gallego, the Senator's wayward, unhappily married granddaughter. As these tarnished souls recognize their profound, shared attraction, they dive headlong into a dangerous and intense affair that forever alters the course of their lives. "From the Trade Paperback edition. |
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Page 185
... tired , ready to sleep . A bustle and clunk of boot heels in the hallway : Justine . " I'm going to get Neil , " she says . Marliss pulls her head away abruptly , caught , and Henry's an- gry to feel her go . Justine's voice is loud and ...
... tired , ready to sleep . A bustle and clunk of boot heels in the hallway : Justine . " I'm going to get Neil , " she says . Marliss pulls her head away abruptly , caught , and Henry's an- gry to feel her go . Justine's voice is loud and ...
Page 248
... tired he really was , how he had been keeping himself going on coffee and nerves . Sleep , he thought , sleep - but part of him didn't want to , afraid to surrender , afraid to miss the action . Sleep . It was strange , how deep and ...
... tired he really was , how he had been keeping himself going on coffee and nerves . Sleep , he thought , sleep - but part of him didn't want to , afraid to surrender , afraid to miss the action . Sleep . It was strange , how deep and ...
Page 292
... tired , I'm tired . " He meant to leave her . Justine looked at him and saw it in his face . He was tired of her , the way she was tired of herself- whether he loved her or not , whether it mattered or not . He was tired of trying to ...
... tired , I'm tired . " He meant to leave her . Justine looked at him and saw it in his face . He was tired of her , the way she was tired of herself- whether he loved her or not , whether it mattered or not . He was tired of trying to ...
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