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Smith Hilary T.

Книга "A Sense of the Infinite"

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  1. Dedication For A. ...
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    2. Dedication For A. ...
    3. Contents Dedication Chapter 1 Chapter 2 Chapter 3 ...
    4. 1 ON THE FIRST DAY OF NOE, the raspberries are alw...
    5. 2 MY SCHOOL, E. O. JAMES, SAT at an intersection a...
    6. 3 THE NURSE WORE ONE OF THOSE big, shapeless nurse...
    7. 4 AT THE BARBECUE, I MOVED DOWN the food table qui...
    8. 5 IT WAS WEIRD TO SEE ALL the new freshmen swarmin...
    9. 6 MOM AND NAN HADN’T TOLD ME for another week. ...
    10. 7 ONE OF THE HAPPYFUN ASPECTS OF the first day of ...
    11. 8 WHEN I GOT HOME FROM SCHOOL, Mom was sitting at ...
    12. 9 I BROUGHT THE NORTHERN UNIVERSITY booklet to sch...
    13. 10 THE NUTRITIONIST WAS A PLUMP, pale, sad-looking...
    14. 11 I GOT TO ART A FEW minutes late and took the em...
    15. 12 I TOLD NOE ABOUT THE NUTRITIONIST, feeling only...
    16. 13 THAT AFTERNOON WAS THE FIRST GYMNASTICS practic...
    17. 14 SEPTEMBER IN OUR TOWN IS THE fastest month, and...
    18. 15 THE WEEKEND OF THE SENIOR CAMPING trip, we had ...
    19. 16 HOMECOMING WAS A WEEK LATE THIS year, so it lan...
    20. 17 AT HOME, IN MY BEDROOM, I spun around three tim...
    21. 18 “SO WHAT’S THE BIG SECRET?” said Noe. We ...
    22. 19 “SO, ANNABETH,” SAID STEVEN. “WHAT’S this I hea...
    23. 20 OLIVER STARTED CHATTING ME EVERY night after sc...
    24. 21 OCTOBER TURNED COLD THE WEEK before Halloween, ...
    25. 22 BOB WAS LISTENING TO HIS audiobook again when I...
    26. 23 AT LUNCH, I WAVED THE PIZZA coupon at Noe and S...
    27. 24 THE SECOND WEEKEND OF NOVEMBER was Gym Expo Nor...
    28. 25 ON MONDAY, NOE AND KAYLEE AND Lauren and Rhiann...
    29. 26 I SPENT MY NEXT TWO CLASSES trying not to fall ...
    30. 27 “ARE YOU COMING TO GAILER FOR campus visits?” s...
    31. 28 THE NEXT MORNING, THERE WAS A meeting in the ca...
    32. 29 AT HOME, MOM FROWNED AT THE form she had to sig...
    33. 30 IN THE HOUSE, MOM SLAMMED AROUND the kitchen ma...
    34. 31 THAT NIGHT I COULDN’T FALL ASLEEP. I kept stewi...
    35. 32 IT FELT LIKE THE HOUSE WAS filled with paint fu...
    36. 33 I APOLOGIZED TO MOM. I re...
    37. 34 I WOKE UP IN THE HOLE. Th...
    38. 35 THANKSGIVING WAS DUMB, AS ALWAYS. Noe went to h...
    39. 36 I WAS GRATEFUL WHEN SCHOOL STARTED again. Even ...
    40. 37 THE FIRST FRIDAY BACK FROM Thanksgiving, they h...
    41. 38 THE MORNING BEFORE I WAS SUPPOSED to leave, I t...
    42. 39 IN THE “UNEXPECTED PREGNANCY” EPISODE of the TV...
    43. 40 AFTER THE FOREST I DROVE DOWNTOWN. It looked sm...
    44. 41 I DIDN’T FEEL LIKE GOING HOME. ...
    45. 42 I CALLED OLIVER’S NUMBER. THE GIRL who answered...
    46. 43 LOREEN, ALASKAN BOOTY QUEEN, SOUNDED drunk. ...
    47. 44 WHEN OLIVER CAME ON THE PHONE he was drunk too....
    48. 45 THE ORCHID HOUSE WAS A KNOT of silence in the m...
    49. 46 IF YOU COME TO MY TOWN in the winter, you will ...
    50. 47 WHEN MOM CAME HOME FROM WORK, she buzzed around...
    51. 48 WHEN MOM WENT TO BED, I walked to the end of ou...
    52. 49 “HEY, LADY,” SHE SAID. I ...
    53. 50 THE NEXT DAY, MOM DROVE ME to the Greyhound sta...
    54. 51 THE BUS RIDE TO MAPLE BAY had a million stops. ...
    55. 52 THERE WERE TREES OUTSIDE THE WINDOW now. I wond...
    56. 53 WHEN THE BUS GOT INTO MAPLE Bay, Ava was waitin...
    57. 54 AVA’S DORM WAS ACTUALLY AN OLD brick house on t...
    58. 55 I WAS HOPING AVA AND I would go to bed right aw...
    59. 56 WHEN I WENT BACK INTO THE kitchen, the girls we...
    60. 57 IN THE MORNING, AVA TOOK ME to the clinic. The ...
    61. 58 THAT NIGHT WAS AVA’S ROOMMATE’S birthday. We al...
    62. 59 AVA AND I DIDN’T TALK MUCH on the way to the cl...
    63. 60 AVA’S FRIEND WAS RIGHT. THE awkward, tense, sca...
    64. 61 WHEN AVA LEFT, I WENT THE kitchen to make tea. ...
    65. 62 WHEN I WOKE UP FROM MY nap, it was almost time ...
    66. 63 “ANNABETH!” EXCLAIMED PAULINE, SWINGING open he...
    67. 64 I KEPT THE STORY SIMPLE. HOMECOMING dance, boy,...
    68. 65 BEFORE SAYING GOOD NIGHT, PAULINE gave me an ul...
    69. 66 EVEN THOUGH I WAS ALMOST DELIRIOUS from exhaust...
    70. 67 IN THE MORNING, THE CRAMPS HAD dimmed. My phone...
    71. 68 WHEN I HEARD THE CAR DOOR slam in Pauline’s dri...
    72. 69 I WANTED TO ASK HER ABOUT the boy in red swim t...
    73. 70 FALLING ROCKS, SAID THE SIGNS, AND I wanted to ...
    74. 71 WHEN IT GOT DARK, WE STOPPED at a diner in a to...
    75. 72 I TOLD NOE IT WAS TOO late to come over, but sh...
    76. 73 THE WEEK AFTER CAMPUS VISITS, OUR school was bu...
    77. 74 DECEMBER WAS COLD AND WHITE AND blinding. The t...
    78. 75 THAT CHRISTMAS, THE WATERFALL FROZE for the fir...
    79. 76 A COUPLE OF DAYS LATER I packed my backpack, to...
    80. 77 I CAUGHT THE NEXT BUS BACK to my town and hugge...
    81. 78 WHEN THE BUS PULLED INTO THE station there was ...
    82. 79 FOR THE NEXT FEW DAYS, I floated along on a tid...
    83. 80 IT FELT LIKE THE WHOLE WORLD had gone crazy ove...
    84. 81 I TRIED TO RIDE OUT THE craziness by cocooning ...
    85. 82 THE NEXT DAY, AT LUNCHTIME, I sat on the gym fl...
    86. 83 THE SUNDAY BEFORE THE GYM MEET, I went to the Y...
    87. 84 ON THE DRIVE HOME FROM THE YMCA, I told Noe I w...
    88. 85 GYM MEET, THE NEXT MORNING: FIRST the idling sc...
    89. 86 THE GYMNASIUM WHERE THE MEET WAS taking place w...
    90. 87 NOE WAS GOING TO KILL ME. ...
    91. 88 ON THE BUS RIDE HOME, NOE wouldn’t even look at...
    92. 89 WHEN I GOT HOME, MOM COULD tell something was w...
    93. 90 I HAD HOPED THAT NOE WOULD come around. But the...
    94. 91 THE NEXT MORNING, STEVEN PESTERED ME all throug...
    95. 92 I DIDN’T WANT TO GO TO gymnastics practice, but...
    96. 93 THE WALK BACK TO MY HOUSE: rattled and uncompre...
    97. 94 THE NEXT MORNING, I PACKED MY backpack slowly, ...
    98. 95 IF YOU COME TO MY SCHOOL in late January, you w...
    99. 96 THE FIRST DAY WITHOUT NOE WAS THE hardest. For ...
    100. 97 SCHOOL WAS LONELY. WORDLESSLY, WITH NO further ...
    101. 98 I HAD TOLD MYSELF I WOULDN’T miss Noe, that I w...
    102. 99 AFTER THAT I STARTED SPENDING LUNCH in the soun...
    103. 100 IN ART, MR. LIM GAVE ME back my jar of stones ...
    104. 101 THAT NIGHT I WENT FOR A walk past the half-bui...
    105. 102 IN DRAMA, WE HAD A NEW teacher, Ms. Hoffstadte...
    106. 103 I WAS SICK FOR FIVE DAYS, hot all the way thro...
    107. 104 ON THE FIFTH DAY MOM CAME home from work early...
    108. 105 WHEN I WENT BACK TO SCHOOL on Monday, grass wa...
    109. 106 I WASN’T TRYING TO STARVE MYSELF. I was just t...
    110. 107 I STARTED GOING BY BOB’S OFFICE now and then w...
    111. 108 ONE DAY, STEVEN CAUGHT ME PAWING through the t...
    112. 109 SPRING BREAK WAS COMING UP. STEVEN was going t...
    113. 110 THE LAST TIME I HUNG OUT in Bob’s office befor...
    114. 111 ON THE FIRST DAY BACK FROM spring break, Steve...
    115. 112 SPRING BREAK HAD BEEN A DISASTER. ...
    116. 113 I THOUGHT THAT STEVEN WOULD BE shattered by th...
    117. 114 WIN AND I STARTED SMILING AT each other in the...
    118. 115 I HAD NO IDEA HOW WRAPPED around the rails Ste...
    119. 116 IN THE ART MORGUE THAT AFTERNOON, I was feelin...
    120. 117 HE HAD CUT OFF HIS FINGER. His pinky finger. T...
    121. 118 IT TURNS OUT IT WAS TOO late to save Steven’s ...
    122. 119 “HE’S BETTER OFF WITHOUT HER,” WIN said, shovi...
    123. 120 LATER THAT DAY I OVERHEARD NOE conferring with...
    124. 121 STEVEN WASN’T IN SCHOOL THE NEXT day, or the n...
    125. 122 I WENT TO SEE STEVEN AGAIN later that week. He...
    126. 123 I HAD THOUGHT THAT THE FIRST time I told anyon...
    127. 124 DAFFODILS WERE UNFOLDING THEIR YELLOW trumpets...
    128. 125 THAT NIGHT I WROTE AN EMAIL to Loren. I didn’t...
    129. 126 I WENT TO STEVEN’S HOUSE MOST days after schoo...
    130. 127 WE DROVE TO MY HOUSE TO get the finger out of ...
    131. 128 A FEW DAYS AFTER STEVEN WENT to New York, I go...
    132. 129 WIN AND I STARTED WRITING OUR one-act play tog...
    133. 130 “NICE HAIRCUT,” SAID BOB. ...
    134. 131 THE YEAR WAS ROLLING TO AN end. Teachers start...
    135. 132 IN MAY, JEANETTE FIELDING CALLED TO see if I c...
    136. 133 THE WEEKEND OF MY GRADUATION, Pauline drove do...
    137. 134 MOM WAS BY THE WOODPILE, HER flannel shirt hot...
    138. 135 ON THE DAY I GRADUATED FROM E. O. James, the s...
    139. 136 MOM ASKED ME WHAT I WANTED for a graduation pr...
    140. 137 WE DROVE UP TOGETHER THE WEEK before the fall ...
    141. Back Ads DI...
    142. About the Author Photo by Gabriel Jacobs HIL...
    143. Books by Hilary T. Smith Wild Awake A Sens...
    144. Credits COVER PHOTOGRAPH © CLAYTON BASTIANI / TREVILLION IMAGES ...
    145. Copyright Katherine Tegen Books is an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers...
    146. About the Publisher Australia HarperCollins Publish...
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