A quiet read with a good story line but dragged too much for my taste. I fully appreciated the predicament and how Clary dealt with her own issues through the accident but prefer to get more invested in the characters emotional state rather than a strictly analytical focus; which seems to guide M...
Though the story moved very slowly at times, the characters were very well developed and the premise of the story was interesting. A woman, who is divorced and is in a rut with her job and personal life, causes a car accident with a homeless family. She ends up taking care of their children while...
ALL I WANT IS HUGHThe ladder clunks gently against the windowsill, the windowpane. The sill again. In a moment, like a moon rising, Hugh’s face rises in the window.He has a chisel. Ivy laughs, and gets Newell’s cheese knife from her purse. She runs it jagging and digging along the dried paint lin...
Ron cried, “Grady! Grade-A! You bugger! Come on in!” Sharla just stood by the kitchen island, waiting. “Nice place,” Grady said, looking around. Smiling now, in the warmth. “You lucked out here!” The house was big. Open plan, lots of wood cabinets. A long island with a granite top between the kit...
The streetcar ran through backyards on its way to the High Level Bridge, as they rode home from the Muse after the matinee. Bella and Clover liked to stand along this stretch, ready for the dizzying view off the top of the bridge.Aurora sat with hands clasped in her lap. Overgrown rhubarb reached...