Mystery of Drear House (2011)

Authors: Virginia Hamilton

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“DARROW HAD THICK black hair that fanned out over her shoulders to cascade down her back, below her waist. The long dress she wore was a worn and shabby tent cinched at the waist. It had a neck hole and holes for her hands out of the long sleeves gathered at her wrists. It had heavily padded shoulders as stiff and flat as boards. It looked like a shelter of cloth stretched over her huge figure from neck to ankles. She wore it like a protective armor. She might have been five feet eleven inches o...r even over six feet tall, Thomas supposed. And she might have weighed two hundred, three hundred pounds, he couldn’t be sure. But she didn’t look fat. Just big.
Thomas couldn’t take his eyes off her. He knew that only seconds had passed, that Pesty had spoken, introducing her mama. But he couldn’t find any words in his head. He was just so struck by her. Enormous Mrs. Darrow, standing over him.
She had her arms crossed over her chest so that they made a wide X, with her hands touching her shoulders.MoreLess Read More Read Less