Dolce Agonia: A NovelA group of cosmopolitan friends in midlife gather in New England for a Thanksgiving dinner. When it begins to snow they become trapped. With the exception of an enigmatic outsider, a young trophy wife, they all know too much about each other, their weak points and failures. |
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Page 141
... stomach the black - and - white opinions of Americans concerning that country ( its white inhabitants invariably being black and its black ones white ) , but also because he himself prefers to think about his life there as little as ...
... stomach the black - and - white opinions of Americans concerning that country ( its white inhabitants invariably being black and its black ones white ) , but also because he himself prefers to think about his life there as little as ...
Page 182
... stomach in the snow . " Hey ! " says Hal . “ Hey , it was a joke ! " Now Charles , Leonid and Derek have leapt to join the fray . Skidding in city shoes , shivering in thin sweaters , they grab snow and stuff it down each other's necks ...
... stomach in the snow . " Hey ! " says Hal . “ Hey , it was a joke ! " Now Charles , Leonid and Derek have leapt to join the fray . Skidding in city shoes , shivering in thin sweaters , they grab snow and stuff it down each other's necks ...
Page 281
... stomach is wide open and there's something inside it — Beth strains to see but she can't quite make out what it is amid the swarming green - clad arms of the other doctors and nurses it's quite large , though nestled between stomach and ...
... stomach is wide open and there's something inside it — Beth strains to see but she can't quite make out what it is amid the swarming green - clad arms of the other doctors and nurses it's quite large , though nestled between stomach and ...
Contents
Prologue in Heaven | 1 |
Dinner Preparations | 5 |
Patrizia | 28 |
Copyright | |
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