Firehorse (9781442403352) (2006)
“Screeching winds shook the very nails from the roof’s shingles. An unearthly thunder rattled the beams. Twisting with pain—and guilt—I heard the violence as God’s anger at me: for reworking the scene in the Garden, for daring to think that I could reach beyond my grasp, for listening to that wild-eyed woman and thrilling to her defiant words. The hour of judgment had come—my hour, anyway—just as Grandmother had foretold. And it had come in both fire and fury. Rachel, what have you done f The to...rment was nearly unbearable. The bandages that wrapped my hands and forearms only trapped the fire closer to my skin. Holding my arms as still as I could, I kicked and kicked and kicked at the pain. How was I going to survive this? What was going to happen to me?
Sometime during that nightmare the doctor arrived to examine my burns and to spoon a heavy dose of laudanum into me. I remember he looked at Mother and shook his head. I couldn’t focus my eyes. Was that a Bible he was holding?MoreLess
Sometime during that nightmare the doctor arrived to examine my burns and to spoon a heavy dose of laudanum into me. I remember he looked at Mother and shook his head. I couldn’t focus my eyes. Was that a Bible he was holding?MoreLess
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