Mary & Elizabeth
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Emily Purdy. Mary & Elizabeth
Mary & Elizabeth. Emily Purdy
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Contents
PROLOGUE
1. Mary
2. Elizabeth
3. Mary
4. Elizabeth
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POSTSCRIPT
A READING GROUP GUIDE
DISCUSSION QUESTIONS
About the Author
Other books by the same author:
About the Publisher
Отрывок из книги
The End of an Era
A Reading Group Guide
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At seventeen, the age I was when Elizabeth was born, I longed more than anything to be a wife and mother, and when I saw that scrunched-up, squalling, pink-faced bundle of ire, with the tufts of red hair feathering her scalp, my arms ached to hold her. I could barely contain myself; I had to almost sit on my hands to keep from reaching out and begging to hold her.
I relished each opportunity to bathe, feed, and dress her, to change her soiled napkins, rub salve onto her sore gums, tuck her into bed, coax and encourage her first steps as I held on to her leading strings, promising never to let go, and the wonderful afternoons when I was allowed to lead her around the courtyard on her first pony. And when she spoke her first word, a babyish rendition of my name – “Mare-ee” – my heart felt as if it had leapt over the moon. I loved Elizabeth; her leading strings were tied to my heart. Serving her was never the ordeal they intended it to be, for I knew who I was – I was a princess in disguise, just like in a fairy tale, and someday the truth would be revealed and all that was lost restored to me.
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