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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... Yeah , " says Burns , halfway out of his chair . " I was just asking , " says Andria " No other questions ? " I look them over . Lewis Blake , one of several older students in the class , is missing again . " Anybody know where Lewis is ...
... Yeah , " says Burns , halfway out of his chair . " I was just asking , " says Andria " No other questions ? " I look them over . Lewis Blake , one of several older students in the class , is missing again . " Anybody know where Lewis is ...
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... Yeah . Course . " He brought out his stuff : black electrical tape , a toy compass , a box of matches , a few yards of fishing line filament with a hook at the end . I had a little finger - size flashlight and a map of New Mexico taken ...
... Yeah . Course . " He brought out his stuff : black electrical tape , a toy compass , a box of matches , a few yards of fishing line filament with a hook at the end . I had a little finger - size flashlight and a map of New Mexico taken ...
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... Yeah , she needs that , you're right . " He said , " Don't mean to be rude - hurry , though— hurry her up . Bring two or three outfits with combs , brushes . " In her mother's room she carefully pulled the dress over her hair . She ...
... Yeah , she needs that , you're right . " He said , " Don't mean to be rude - hurry , though— hurry her up . Bring two or three outfits with combs , brushes . " In her mother's room she carefully pulled the dress over her hair . She ...
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... yeah , yeah . That could be the one . " now could be hold it Her mother asked , " Is something wrong with you ? " " What ? " He was changing the lens of his camera , one fist around the camera body , one fist locking the new lens in ...
... yeah , yeah . That could be the one . " now could be hold it Her mother asked , " Is something wrong with you ? " " What ? " He was changing the lens of his camera , one fist around the camera body , one fist locking the new lens in ...
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... mother said , " I know . I know they're only children . " " Honey , " he said , " come here now . " " No , John . " Peg whispered down the hall , " Ben ? " He whispered back , " Yeah ? " " I'm sorry . " Peg wished they could see.
... mother said , " I know . I know they're only children . " " Honey , " he said , " come here now . " " No , John . " Peg whispered down the hall , " Ben ? " He whispered back , " Yeah ? " " I'm sorry . " Peg wished they could see.
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Aigley Albertson's Almas Andria Anthony arms Arthur Godfrey asked baby bathroom Ben's boys brassieres brother Burns bus lady called Charley horses Cheryl Tiegs Circle K clean close coffee daughter diapers door E. M. Forster Espina Everview eyes face father fingers fists Fraley Francis front Girl's Friend grinned guess hair hands head heard hugged inside James James's house John John Glenn Johnny Mathis kind kissed kitchen knew laughed leaned letter Little Peg look Marcella Mitchey Molly Ann Molly's morning mother mouth moved neck neighborhood never nodded Norm O'Crerieh okay onion rings Paula Peggy Peggy's Peter Pigbird pretend Prolixin pulled Rado remember Rickee Sergio shoulders sleep stop story talk tell Thank things thought tmesis told took Vietnam walked watch whispered Wilbern window words Yeah وو