“ A silence absorbed them both – a lack of sound so potent it blackened the place with something richer than hate. Carla H. Krueger
“ Nader refused to bring her the feathery dream catcher – her asabikeshiinh – with its willow-web and invisible ‘lady spider’ apparently weaving her spells – an object Bea insisted always hung above her… Carla H. Krueger
“ She heard him speak, but did not recognise the problem in his voice – only later did she realise it was that thing he’d been concealing – known as guilt. Carla H. Krueger
“ For no real reason – well, perhaps because of the seriousness under the trees or Nader’s hair, which was very messy and covered in little grass seeds – Katie began to giggle. She knew it was wrong, ye… Carla H. Krueger
“ On some days she was able to see both sun and moon at the same time. Like feuding cousins, they hung in two corners of the vast world-ceiling refusing to look at one another. The moon was always harde… Carla H. Krueger
“ Beyond the boundaries of herself, her parents and the enclosing garden walls, were open fields and other waiting places she still knew nothing of – lies of the land, perhaps. What Katie did know is th… Carla H. Krueger
“ The breeze around them seemed to drop – dead – like a door to the best things had just closed. Carla H. Krueger
