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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... called on him. It was cruel. “Go ahead?” “Go ahead, Peter.” He shakes his head yes, a gesture he offers himself to help him go ahead. He reads: “You couldn't open it a chink because it was so strong and everything, was like a chunk of ...
... called on him. It was cruel. “Go ahead?” “Go ahead, Peter.” He shakes his head yes, a gesture he offers himself to help him go ahead. He reads: “You couldn't open it a chink because it was so strong and everything, was like a chunk of ...
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... called 'Ivu.' Ivu's the Eskimo word for 'the suddenly leaping shore ice.' Ready?” “Wait.” Francis puts her weight on both legs. “Francis,” I whisper, “you are so fine.” “Ready?” “Yep,” says Francis. “We have / more words for Ice / than ...
... called 'Ivu.' Ivu's the Eskimo word for 'the suddenly leaping shore ice.' Ready?” “Wait.” Francis puts her weight on both legs. “Francis,” I whisper, “you are so fine.” “Ready?” “Yep,” says Francis. “We have / more words for Ice / than ...
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... called Everview Halfway House, and it had no wroughtiron gates and archways, and the large adobe building was not divided into two “wings.” It had no concrete identifying sign with sun/mountain/stream logo. It had no permanent staff. We ...
... called Everview Halfway House, and it had no wroughtiron gates and archways, and the large adobe building was not divided into two “wings.” It had no concrete identifying sign with sun/mountain/stream logo. It had no permanent staff. We ...
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... called “Little Peg” by my oldest brother Anthony and my father; once, that was an affectionate irony, now it is an ironic affectation. My mother and my younger brother Ben never called me Little. God made me from a large block of ...
... called “Little Peg” by my oldest brother Anthony and my father; once, that was an affectionate irony, now it is an ironic affectation. My mother and my younger brother Ben never called me Little. God made me from a large block of ...
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... called “estranged.” That will do fine to describe James and me. I asked when Molly would be back. “A minute. Relax and let me get you something.” He was pouring cream into my coffee, remembering just how I liked it, giving it to me ...
... called “estranged.” That will do fine to describe James and me. I asked when Molly would be back. “A minute. Relax and let me get you something.” He was pouring cream into my coffee, remembering just how I liked it, giving it to me ...
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Aigley Albertson’s Almas Andria Anthony Anthony’s arms Arthur Godfrey asked baby bathroom Ben’s boys brother Burns bus lady called can’t Charley horses Cheryl Tiegs Circle K clean close coffee couldn’t daughter diapers didn’t door E. M. Forster Espina Everview eyes face father fingers fists Fraley Francis Francis’s front Girl’s Friend grinned guess hair hands He’s head heard hugged inside James James’s house 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 Paula Peggy Peggy’s Peter Pigbird pretend Prolixin pulled Rado remember Rickee Sergio She’s shoulders stop story talk tell Thank things thought tmesis told took Vietnam walked wanted watch whispered Wilbern window words Yeah