Nadia has been here before, at this seeping-away of hope. The other times curl behind her like the petals of a rose, all the memories, all her babies - false alarms, real pregnancies lasting only until her body rejected them. Meanwhile her boyfriend Simon is caving underground. In his dreams the dead places yield to him, the whiteness gives way the probing of his torch. Nadia knows he risks his life, a decadent death among the limestone, his bones withering in the rock. Her work is to create, to mould leather-hard clay into ...
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Nadia has been here before, at this seeping-away of hope. The other times curl behind her like the petals of a rose, all the memories, all her babies - false alarms, real pregnancies lasting only until her body rejected them. Meanwhile her boyfriend Simon is caving underground. In his dreams the dead places yield to him, the whiteness gives way the probing of his torch. Nadia knows he risks his life, a decadent death among the limestone, his bones withering in the rock. Her work is to create, to mould leather-hard clay into something beautiful. But she has not the heart for it today.
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Add this copy of Limestone and Clay (Large Print) to cart. $17.25, good condition, Sold by Lotus Leaves rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Newport, NJ, UNITED STATES, published 1994 by Thorndike Press.
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Good. in Not Issued jacket. LARGE PRINT (paperback): Ex-library paperback (usual stamps, stickers) in clean, sound condition with light cover wear, some mild creasing, but no spine crease at all; interior very good--pages crisp, white, appear unmarked; 268 pgs.; published by Thorndike Press, 1994 (see picture of my book within this description)
