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First Published:
Jan 2005, 352 pages
Paperback:
Dec 2005, 368 pages
Sandy straightened. The spot on his trousers was
brown, not red as he would have thought. His mother would know he’d touched
the glass.
He took his coat from its peg near the door.
Joyce would know how to get rid of the spot. He ran out the back door, across
the new snow, down the hill to the school.
The foregoing is excerpted from Baker Towers by Jennifer Haigh. All rights reserved. No part of this book may be used or reproduced without written permission from HarperCollins Publishers, 10 East 53rd Street , New York , NY 10022
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