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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... total attention on Peter, who is also a Nontraditional repeater. “Peter,” he says, “I always like what you do.” Then he looks at Francis and asks her, “What did he do?” Peter starts to explain but I say, “I'm going to.
... total attention on Peter, who is also a Nontraditional repeater. “Peter,” he says, “I always like what you do.” Then he looks at Francis and asks her, “What did he do?” Peter starts to explain but I say, “I'm going to.
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... look hard-bitten, but her wavering voice betrays her. “We're all looking forward to it, Andria.” “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 ...
... look hard-bitten, but her wavering voice betrays her. “We're all looking forward to it, Andria.” “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 ...
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... looks at the door. “Ice. What an idea for a poem.” “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 ...
... looks at the door. “Ice. What an idea for a poem.” “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 ...
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... looks like the guard station to a maximum security prison. Since all that happened, our treatment center hasn't exactly ... look more institutional. The plan is not to keep anyone for more than eighteen weeks here, but no matter what is ...
... looks like the guard station to a maximum security prison. Since all that happened, our treatment center hasn't exactly ... look more institutional. The plan is not to keep anyone for more than eighteen weeks here, but no matter what is ...
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... look that's uncontrolled but controllable and that says, I'm natural. I will be a beautiful old woman. I will chain-smoke, wear belted cotton dresses, and be thin as a mint: an advertisement for aging. Who will care? Francis and I both ...
... look that's uncontrolled but controllable and that says, I'm natural. I will be a beautiful old woman. I will chain-smoke, wear belted cotton dresses, and be thin as a mint: an advertisement for aging. Who will care? Francis and I both ...
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