This is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places, and incidents either are the product of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously. Any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, businesses, companies, events, or locales is entirely coincidental.
copyright © 1994 by Caroline B. Cooney
cover design by Kathleen Lynch
978-1-4532-6418-8
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Table of Contents
Cover
Title Page
Contents
THE FIRST HOUR
THE CITY 6:00 P.M.
CITY HOSPITAL 6:00 P.M.
CITY HOSPITAL 6:00 P.M.
THE CITY 6:05 P.M.
THE WAITING ROOM 6:17 P.M.
EMERGENCY ROOM 6:23 P.M.
ROUTES 14-A AND I-95 6:25 P.M.
THE CITY 6:30 P.M.
THE WAITING ROOM 6:35 P.M.
TRAUMA ROOM 6:38 P.M.
ROUTES 14-A AND I-95 6:42 P.M.
THE WAITING ROOM 6:45 P.M.
ROUTES 14-A AND I-95 6:50 P.M.
EMERGENCY ROOM 6:55 P.M.
THE SECOND HOUR
THE CITY 7:00 P.M.
EMERGENCY ROOM 7:01 P.M.
EMERGENCY ROOM 7:10 P.M.
EMERGENCY ROOM 7:16 P.M.
THE WAITING ROOM 7:30 P.M.
EMERGENCY ROOM 7:37 P.M.
THE WAITING ROOM 7:40 P.M.
THE WAITING ROOM 7:42 P.M.
THE WAITING ROOM 7:48 P.M.
THE WAITING ROOM 7:49 P.M.
THE WAITING ROOM 7:51 P.M.
THE TRAUMA ROOM 7:50 P.M.
THE WAITING ROOM 7:52 P.M.
THE WAITING ROOM 7:53 P.M.
THE WAITING ROOM 7:59 P.M.
THE THIRD HOUR
THE WAITING ROOM 8:01 P.M.
THE EMERGENCY ROOM 8:01 P.M.
THE WAITING ROOM 8:01 P.M.
THE WAITING ROOM 8:06 P.M.
THE WAITING ROOM 8:07 P.M.
THE WAITING ROOM 8:08 P.M.
THE WAITING ROOM 8:12 P.M.
THE WAITING ROOM 8:13 P.M.
THE WAITING ROOM 8:19 P.M.
CITY HOSPITAL: SUBBASEMENT 8:21 P.M.
EMERGENCY ROOM 8:27 P.M.
EMERGENCY ROOM 8:43 P.M.
EMERGENCY ROOM 8:45 P.M.
EMERGENCY ROOM 8:50 P.M.
EMERGENCY ROOM 8:55 P.M.
EMERGENCY ROOM 9:00 P.M.
A Biography of Caroline B. Cooney
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