Record details

• ISBN: 0689121474
• ISBN: 9780689121470
• Physical Description: xiii, 625 pages ; 24 cm
• Publisher: New York : Atheneum ; 1993.

Content descriptions

Formatted Contents Note:

Full day -- The warrior princess Ozimba -- The enormous door -- A told secret -- Watching her die -- Serious need -- The company of the dead -- Good and bad dreams: A sign of blood ; Rapid eye movements ; Twice ; Washed feet ; Sleeping and waking ; Morning places -- Michael Egerton -- The last news -- The anniversary -- Invitation -- Late warnings: My parents, winter 1926 ; The knowledge of my mother's coming death ; Life for life ; Design for a tomb -- Endless mountains -- Long night -- A new stretch of woods -- The last of a long correspondence -- Deeds of light.

Walking lessons -- His final mother -- This wait -- Fool's education: The happiness of others ; A dog's death ; Scars ; Waiting at Dachau -- The golden child -- Truth and lies -- Breath -- Toward home -- The names and faces of heroes -- Nine hours alone -- Night and silence -- Summer games -- A chain of love -- Two useful visits -- A final account -- Uncle Grant -- Troubled sleep -- Good night -- An evening meal -- Bess Waters -- An early Christmas.

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Subject:

North Carolina > Social life and customs > Fiction.
United States > Social life and customs > 20th century > Fiction.

Genre:

Fiction.
Short stories.