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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... heard some more about Imelda and Ferdinand Marcos and I thought that was interesting. What do you think? “Imelda and Ferdinand?” I asked. “She's studying them. I bet she's got them in Current Events class. I want her to know we're—you ...
... heard some more about Imelda and Ferdinand Marcos and I thought that was interesting. What do you think? “Imelda and Ferdinand?” I asked. “She's studying them. I bet she's got them in Current Events class. I want her to know we're—you ...
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... heard our father use. She had a diaper but, needless to say, no genitals or anus. We decided the holes at the roots of her lifelike hair might leak, so Ben taped her head. He said, “Here you go,” to her—or to me—and asked, “Ready?” I ...
... heard our father use. She had a diaper but, needless to say, no genitals or anus. We decided the holes at the roots of her lifelike hair might leak, so Ben taped her head. He said, “Here you go,” to her—or to me—and asked, “Ready?” I ...
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... heard you,” he said. “I like to shoot without much on my stomach, ma'am—plus, I don't like to miss morning light. Best shooting light was a couple hours ago—we got to hurry out. You two ready?” “We have to change our clothes,” said her ...
... heard you,” he said. “I like to shoot without much on my stomach, ma'am—plus, I don't like to miss morning light. Best shooting light was a couple hours ago—we got to hurry out. You two ready?” “We have to change our clothes,” said her ...
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... heard it was a nice drive. They could go through Michigan, Maryland, try to find Texas. Ben was a silly pretender. She wanted to know if they could stop in Oregon to look at a burned-up old house she had heard about and a mysterious ...
... heard it was a nice drive. They could go through Michigan, Maryland, try to find Texas. Ben was a silly pretender. She wanted to know if they could stop in Oregon to look at a burned-up old house she had heard about and a mysterious ...
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... heard giggling through Peg's car window. “You better not,” Peg said, touching his hand on the wheel as he pretended to turn the car in that direction. Ben stopped, turned the engine off. “What is it?” he asked. “It's them.” The bedroom ...
... heard giggling through Peg's car window. “You better not,” Peg said, touching his hand on the wheel as he pretended to turn the car in that direction. Ben stopped, turned the engine off. “What is it?” he asked. “It's them.” The bedroom ...
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