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Contents
ОглавлениеDedication
Epigraph
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I WAIT. They keep us in the dark for so…
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FOR MALES twenty-five is the fatal age. For women it’s…
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IT’S NOT GABRIEL who wakes me in the morning, but…
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IT’S MY TURN to keep watch. We’ve locked the doors…
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WHEN THE EVENING is at last through, I languish on…
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“I WANT TO PLAY a game,” Cecily says.
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I HOLD MY BREATH as they pass. Eternity is the…
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THE ATTENDANTS arrive in abundance. All of them rushing into…
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LINDEN is so delighted about the pregnancy, and the mood…
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IT SEEMS THAT leaves are always bursting with new colors.
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THE HOUSE doesn’t blow away. Aside from a few broken…
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THE AIR IS STILL. It’s quiet. I can breathe without…
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LINDEN SEEMS to have no idea that I sustained these…
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ALL NIGHT I dream of rivers, and beneath the water,…
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WHEN CECILY finishes playing her song, and the illusion shrinks…
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I DON’T SEE GABRIEL the next day. My breakfast is…
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I’M SICK for the rest of the afternoon. Jenna holds…
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LINDEN SAYS, “You and Jenna get along well, don’t you?”
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I WORRY for the rest of the evening. Deirdre tries…
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WE WAIT, and we wait. I want to look away,…
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ON THE MORNING of the winter solstice, Jenna manages to…
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THE BABY will not stop crying. His face is bright…
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JENNA WAS RIGHT. She leaves before I do. We lose…
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WE RETURN from the New Year’s party in the early…
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IN THE MONTH before my escape, I spend all of…
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I TAKE the elevator to the ground floor and cross…
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WE RUN for what feels like all night. It feels…
Fever
The First Bride
Acknowledgments
About the Author
Copyright
About the Publisher
