The Penguin Anthology of Stories by Canadian WomenDenise Chong From friendship to passion, from childhood to motherhood, from secrets to jealousies, the stories in this collection cover a vast social, cultural and emotional terrain while revealing the many common touchstones in the lives of contemporary women. |
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Page 54
... Cynthia was somebody dead , and an American , and a girl . Possibly a lady . She was not in a story . She had not been seen on television . Cynthia had not read about her in a book . She was not anybody who had come to the kindergarten ...
... Cynthia was somebody dead , and an American , and a girl . Possibly a lady . She was not in a story . She had not been seen on television . Cynthia had not read about her in a book . She was not anybody who had come to the kindergarten ...
Page 55
... Cynthia . " She's not playing ! " " What deer ? " said Andrew . I said , " Yesterday . " “ The day before , ” said Cynthia . “ Meg wasn't playing . Nobody got it . " " The deer on the truck , " said Andrew . " It was a lady deer ...
... Cynthia . " She's not playing ! " " What deer ? " said Andrew . I said , " Yesterday . " “ The day before , ” said Cynthia . “ Meg wasn't playing . Nobody got it . " " The deer on the truck , " said Andrew . " It was a lady deer ...
Page 62
... Cynthia and Meg fell asleep in the back seat . Andrew and I talked quietly about what had happened . Sup- pose I hadn't had the impulse just at that moment to check on the children ? Suppose we had gone uptown to get drinks , as we had ...
... Cynthia and Meg fell asleep in the back seat . Andrew and I talked quietly about what had happened . Sup- pose I hadn't had the impulse just at that moment to check on the children ? Suppose we had gone uptown to get drinks , as we had ...
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