Washing the Dead is an illuminating and intricately layered novel about the complicated legacies that pass from mother to daughter, and about the ways that understanding our own history helps make us who we are. Michelle Brafman is an insightful writer who never falters or flinches in her quest to uncover the hearts of her characters.
I wake up in that state of grief when you can tell you've been mourning even in your sleep. - Carolyn Parkhurst
I wake up in that state of grief when you can tell you've been mourning even in your sleep.
- Carolyn Parkhurst
The simplest thing that can be said about any person, any relationship, is that it's not simple at all. - Carolyn Parkhurst
The simplest thing that can be said about any person, any relationship, is that it's not simple at all.
I've always known that the best part of writing occurs before you've picked up a pen. When a story exists only in your mind, its potential is infinit… - Carolyn Parkhurst
I've always known that the best part of writing occurs before you've picked up a pen. When a story exists only in your mind, its potential is infinit…
I'm not going to feel guilty for wanting the things that everyone wants. - Carolyn Parkhurst
I'm not going to feel guilty for wanting the things that everyone wants.
The conclusion I have reached is that, above all, dogs are witnesses. - Carolyn Parkhurst
The conclusion I have reached is that, above all, dogs are witnesses.
I can't take one breath, not one single breath, without knowing that I love you. - Carolyn Parkhurst
I can't take one breath, not one single breath, without knowing that I love you.
It's gratifying to know that you've appeared in someone else's dreams. It's proof that you exist, in a way, proof that you have substance and value o… - Carolyn Parkhurst
It's gratifying to know that you've appeared in someone else's dreams. It's proof that you exist, in a way, proof that you have substance and value o…
The conclusion I have reached is that, above all, dogs are witnesses. They are allowed access to our most private moments. They are there when we thi… - Carolyn Parkhurst
The conclusion I have reached is that, above all, dogs are witnesses. They are allowed access to our most private moments. They are there when we thi…
Sometimes I wonder how we can be so sure what it is God sees. How arrogant we are, I sometimes think, to imagine there's someone watching us every mi… - Carolyn Parkhurst
Sometimes I wonder how we can be so sure what it is God sees. How arrogant we are, I sometimes think, to imagine there's someone watching us every mi…
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