Bullock's Pasadena.” “What is this all about?” Katrinka demanded. “Have they both finally cracked up completely? I promise you that when they do, sweetie, we're going to have to send them someplace very Oak Knollish, very Chevy Chase ...
... books and chewing Black Jack gum, while our mother's seeing her psychiatrist. My father sees his psychiatrist every day of the week on his lunch hour. This is Dr. Mailin, whose office is up the street from Becket, near Bullock's ...
Because , as Stuart said , paint costs money ! And their interior decoration ran severely now toward the Oi , Gottenyu ! — with everything done along the lines of his parents ' cultural allegiances : brushstroke prints of kitschy ...
The author calls this "a true romance," saying, it's the part of her personal history she, being superstitious, was almost afraid to write.
... of life that has changed little over centuries and is proud of its self-reliance: How can you tell you're a real West Virginian? ... an inheritance from the border collie the shelter woman told us was so obvious in his mom's makeup.
Architecture of the Novel derives from the many years Vandenburgh has spent teaching the craft of fiction writing. Her method points to the elemental nature of narrative: A story consists of its events, which are told in scenes.