Little PegUntreed Reads, 2012 M09 10 - 155 pages Peg O'Crerieh is a wife, mother, creative writing instructor, and occasional resident of the Everview Residential Treatment Center, which she is once again preparing to leave. Awaiting Peg at home are her devoted family; the normal pressures of daily life; and, most important, the students in her Nontraditional English class, where the assignment is always to write about Peg. As Peg struggles to find her place in the outside world, she finds herself drawn into her students' stories. Usurping their material, revising their facts, Peg slowly inches toward the truth until she is finally able to leave the worst behind. By turns brilliantly comic and achingly sad, Little Peg is a portrait of a single woman, in extremis and in exultation, and of a life transformed by the retrospective powers of a gifted writer. |
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... Thank you for respecting the hard work of this author. This is a work of fiction. Any resemblance to the living or dead is entirely coincidental. Also by Kevin McIlvoy and Untreed Reads Publishing Hyssop http://www.untreedreads.com ...
... Thank you for respecting the hard work of this author. This is a work of fiction. Any resemblance to the living or dead is entirely coincidental. Also by Kevin McIlvoy and Untreed Reads Publishing Hyssop http://www.untreedreads.com ...
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... Thanks,” says Rickee. “I must get back to it. Thanks for listening.” “Sure.” “So. So long there, Rickee.” As we walk out of the building, Francis asks, “Was that a first part? It sounded like, part of a something poetic. Why did she ...
... Thanks,” says Rickee. “I must get back to it. Thanks for listening.” “Sure.” “So. So long there, Rickee.” As we walk out of the building, Francis asks, “Was that a first part? It sounded like, part of a something poetic. Why did she ...
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... thank you. I have many things I need to say to her about why I am at Everview. I cannot tell her the complicated truth, so I always tell her something else that should have been something more. When she has bluntly asked me, “What ...
... thank you. I have many things I need to say to her about why I am at Everview. I cannot tell her the complicated truth, so I always tell her something else that should have been something more. When she has bluntly asked me, “What ...
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... thank you. Burpee thanks you. Got to go—make some proofs—” He offered a handshake through the open car window, but her mother probably did not notice. He said, “You got a little princess here—a big little princess. A good one, I mean it ...
... thank you. Burpee thanks you. Got to go—make some proofs—” He offered a handshake through the open car window, but her mother probably did not notice. He said, “You got a little princess here—a big little princess. A good one, I mean it ...
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... Thank you,” which made her mother giggle again. Then he said, “You've got the giggles, huh?” Her mother said, “Johnyesyesyesjohn,” lower and louder. “Yes! There. Mmmm.” It was quiet for a minute or two. “I heard someone today,” said her ...
... Thank you,” which made her mother giggle again. Then he said, “You've got the giggles, huh?” Her mother said, “Johnyesyesyesjohn,” lower and louder. “Yes! There. Mmmm.” It was quiet for a minute or two. “I heard someone today,” said her ...
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