The Turning
“I’d been seeing bad omens the whole time on the ferry. But as we neared the island, the signs suddenly got better.
First, the weather cleared dramatically. The sun burned through the fog, and the island appeared, emerald green, shimmering in the light. From far away, I could see a willow dipping its leaves in the water. I’d never seen a tree growing so near the sea. A long white beach took up part of the shore, hedged by a stone embankment. The whole island looked like a garden, lawns and field...s rising to a low hill, on which I could just make out the roof and chimneys of an enormous house surrounded by tall pointed trees.
The next good sign was the brand-new red pickup truck parked at the end of the dock. I don’t know what I’d imagined, exactly. Maybe I’d been thinking that someone from the house would come to pick me up in a horse-drawn buggy.
The minute I set foot on the dock, a woman jumped out of the truck. She was around your mom’s age, the age my mother would have been, but kind of tough and muscular, and she moved like someone much younger.MoreLess
First, the weather cleared dramatically. The sun burned through the fog, and the island appeared, emerald green, shimmering in the light. From far away, I could see a willow dipping its leaves in the water. I’d never seen a tree growing so near the sea. A long white beach took up part of the shore, hedged by a stone embankment. The whole island looked like a garden, lawns and field...s rising to a low hill, on which I could just make out the roof and chimneys of an enormous house surrounded by tall pointed trees.
The next good sign was the brand-new red pickup truck parked at the end of the dock. I don’t know what I’d imagined, exactly. Maybe I’d been thinking that someone from the house would come to pick me up in a horse-drawn buggy.
The minute I set foot on the dock, a woman jumped out of the truck. She was around your mom’s age, the age my mother would have been, but kind of tough and muscular, and she moved like someone much younger.MoreLess
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