The Story of Edgar Sawtelle

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David Wroblewski. The Story of Edgar Sawtelle

The Story of Edgar Sawtelle

David Wroblewski

Dedication

Contents

Prologue

Part I. FORTE’S CHILDREN

A Handful of Leaves

Almondine

Signs

Edgar

Every Nook and Cranny

The Stray

The Litter

Essence

A Thin Sigh

Storm

Part II. THREE GRIEFS

Funeral

The Letters from Fortunate Fields

Lessons and Dreams

Almondine

The Fight

Epi’s Stand

Courtship

In the Rain

Part III. WHAT HANDS DO

Awakening

Smoke

Hangman

A Way to Know for Sure

Driving Lesson

Trudy

Popcorn Corners

The Texan

Part IV. CHEQUAMEGON

Flight

Pirates

Outside Lute

Henry

Ordinary

Engine No. 6615

Glen Papineau

Wind

Return

Almondine

Part V. POISON

Edgar

Trudy

Edgar

Glen Papineau

Edgar

Trudy

Edgar

Glen Papineau

Edgar

Trudy

Edgar

Claude

Edgar

Claude

Edgar

Claude

Trudy

The Sawtelle Dogs

Acknowledgments

About the Author

Credits

Copyright

About the Publisher

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A Novel

—CHARLES DARWIN, The Origin of Species

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They saw an otter once, floating belly up in the floodwater, feet pointed downstream, grooming the fur on its chest—a little self-contained canoe of an animal. As it passed, the otter realized it was being watched and raised its head. Round eyes, oily and black. The current swept it away while their gazes were locked in mutual surprise.

FOR DAYS AFTER HER RETURN from the hospital, Trudy lay in bed watching raindrops pattern the window. Gar cooked meals and carried them to her. She spoke just enough to reassure him, then turned to stare out the window. After three days the rain let up but gray clouds blanketed the earth. Neither sun nor moon had appeared since the stillbirth. At night Gar put his arms around her and whispered to her until he fell into a sleep of exhaustion and disappointment.

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