title: Carrying the Body: A Novel
author:  Dawn Raffel 
description: Denial of self leads to tragic but ultimately uplifting consequences for Aunt, the main character of Raffel's debut novel (after a well-received story collection, In the Year of Long Division), a terse examination of loss, strangling family relations and abuse. Spare, supple prose shapes this portrait of a woman held too long captive in a "haunted" house. Aunt has been the primary caregiver for her elderly father since her mother died and her sister, Elise, ran away, drawn by a train whistle's promise of freedom from her oppressive family. When a penniless Elise returns, accompanied by her sick son, James, she seeks something more than just refuge, and when she departs again, leaving the young boy in her sister's care, the alcoholic Aunt is overwhelmed with anger and despair. Can she forgo her gin to find the milk to nurture the hungry child? To do so, she must confront the riddle of another disturbing loss in her past. After much painful soul searching, she begins to hear "the sound of a woman awake in a house full of sleep" and learns that in order to escape the nightmare she must be strong enough to acknowledge it. If she can, she may save the child, whose mysterious illness makes him weaker with every passing day. She must also rediscover herself before it's too late. "The water seemed to enter her; she felt the warmth seeping. She lifted the washcloth ever so slightly. `The body,' she said." Worthy prose poetry, for those who love extreme literature.<br />Copyright 2002 Reed Business Information, Inc.
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  COPYRIGHT
  BOOK DESCRIPTION
  BOOKS BY ISADORA MONTROSE
  SEXY SNEAK PEEK
  BEAR AFFINITIES
  A NOTE TO THE READER
  CHAPTER ONE
  CHAPTER TWO
  CHAPTER THREE
  CHAPTER FOUR
  CHAPTER FIVE
  CHAPTER SIX
  CHAPTER SEVEN
  CHAPTER EIGHT
  CHAPTER NINE
  CHAPTER TEN
  CHAPTER ELEVEN
  CHAPTER TWELVE
  CHAPTER THIRTEEN
  CHAPTER FOURTEEN
  BEAR INFINITIES PREVIEW
  BEAR INFINITIES: CHAPTER ONE
  BEAR INFINITIES: CHAPTER TWO
  ABOUT THE AUTHOR
  ALSO BY ISADORA MONTROSE
  
  Bear Affinities ©Copyright Isadora Montrose 2015
  Bear Infinities: Preview ©Copyright Isadora Montrose 2016
  Cover Art by Resplendent Media ©Copyright 2015
   
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