The Crystal Nights: A NovelThe story of a warm and close-knit Jewish family and, in particular, of the romantic and self-centered daughter, Elly, an aspiring actress. When relatives who are refugees from the Nazis move in with them, Elly has to do some growing uo. |
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Page 135
... felt remote from them , she felt re- mote from her own self . Had Christ really risen ? She had never thought that the familiar story could be literally true ; it had been merely a story that made Mama and Baba happy . But what about ...
... felt remote from them , she felt re- mote from her own self . Had Christ really risen ? She had never thought that the familiar story could be literally true ; it had been merely a story that made Mama and Baba happy . But what about ...
Page 153
... felt . Pop had a soothing effect on all of them ; how they missed him ! " I dreamed about Laura and me walking and talking , and today we were reading Shelley's poetry in English class I had been waiting for that . . . and it was no ...
... felt . Pop had a soothing effect on all of them ; how they missed him ! " I dreamed about Laura and me walking and talking , and today we were reading Shelley's poetry in English class I had been waiting for that . . . and it was no ...
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... felt cold and indifferent , pursued by a desire for solitude . Yet , if they had left her alone , she would have been frightened , with that queer , nameless panic that had attacked her in the nights of her childhood , so much more ...
... felt cold and indifferent , pursued by a desire for solitude . Yet , if they had left her alone , she would have been frightened , with that queer , nameless panic that had attacked her in the nights of her childhood , so much more ...
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