The Preacher's Daughter (2005)
“As the sun rose past the horizon line, over distant sticks of trees, she found a singular transparent circle on the glass, through which she glimpsed the barnyard below. ‘‘Goodness’ sakes, what a lot of snow. It’s a blizzard out there!’’ She heard the rooster crowing repeatedly and remembered how Daed’s father, Dawdi Zook, sometimes said the changing of seasons was a fearsome thing. The beginning of something, as well as the end.
Feeling the cold air whoosh through the space between the base of... the window and the sill, she couldn’t stop thinking about the astonishing first-place announcement. The news had wormed its way into her dreams last night, as well. A startling end, and yet a beginning in some ways, too. The end of my terrible deceit . . . forced upon me.
Across the room, Louisa stretched in bed, and Muffin moved from his spot near the double lump that was Louisa’s feet and yawned widely before moseying up closer to the pillow. ‘‘This bed is so comfy,’’ she said sleepily.MoreLess
Feeling the cold air whoosh through the space between the base of... the window and the sill, she couldn’t stop thinking about the astonishing first-place announcement. The news had wormed its way into her dreams last night, as well. A startling end, and yet a beginning in some ways, too. The end of my terrible deceit . . . forced upon me.
Across the room, Louisa stretched in bed, and Muffin moved from his spot near the double lump that was Louisa’s feet and yawned widely before moseying up closer to the pillow. ‘‘This bed is so comfy,’’ she said sleepily.MoreLess
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