The craters in the Strand were a bore, but the wags had put up signs beside the deepest: GRAND CANYON, and JOURNEY TO THE CENTER OF THE EARTH, TWO SHILLINGS AND SIXPENCE. London slipped by with no trouble, parting its late-morning crowds around her. It smelled of all the smokes promiscuously: cig...
It was dirty and sad and anyone who wasn’t blown up and burned was doing the nasty with each other like they might never get another chance. It was just like being in nature. I mean I’m a London girl Osama but I know what goes on in the countryside. I watch the telly like anyone else. Spring is w...
He stood, opened the curtains, and let the thin, bright sunlight wash over him. Yawning, he eased himself into his desk chair, taking the weight on his arms so as not to overstress his knees. He sparked up the software he would need to make Zoe and Kate’s training schedules for the week, and whil...
Leslie M., Saint Jacob, IL I definitely have a question. When our book club discussed this book, we all had different views on what happened to Little Bee in the end. There was much discussion over the ending. Does Little Bee die? Does she take her own life? Or, did “the men” take it? Or, as one ...
She said to me and Lawrence and Charlie in the morning, Come on, we are going on an adventure. I was happy because Sarah was smiling. Also I was glad because it was many years since the last time I went on an adventure. What is an adventure? That depends on where you are starting from. Little gir...