Trading Dreams at Midnight
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Nan was telling Neena that she had something very important that she needed to say to her. Goldie could have visitors starting tomorrow and maybe they could go there together and the three of them could sit like they’d done when Sam died, and she could say it then. “Very important, Neena. Something I should have said years ago. I was wrong not to. I was so very wrong.”
Then Bow Peep was right up on them talking fast. “My little lamb, you’re overdue your healing vibe,” he said. “And I trust from the looks of love in both your eyes that sis and the baby are well. Are they well?”
Nan was looking at Bow Peep with her mouth hanging open. What kind of people was Neena taking up with now? she thought.
“Oh, and little lamb, the tiger tiger burning bright says he surely hopes he might see you tonight.” Then Bow Peep turned to Nan and extended his hand. “Maynard’s the name, though they call me Bow Peep, and healing’s my game. And I see I’ve still got quite a bit of work to do.”
About the Author
The author of the critically acclaimed novels Tumbling, Tempest Rising, Blues Dancing, and Leaving Cecil Street, DIANE MCKINNEY-WHETSTONE is the recipient of numerous awards, including the Black Caucus of the American Library Association’s Literary Award for Fiction. She teaches fiction writing at the University of Pennsylvania and lives with her husband, Greg, in Philadelphia.
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Books by Diane McKinney-Whetstone
Trading Dreams at Midnight
Leaving Cecil Street
Blues Dancing
Tempest Rising
Tumbling
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TRADING DREAMS AT MIDNIGHT. Copyright © 2008 by Diane McKinney-Whetstone. All rights reserved under International and Pan-American Copyright Conventions. By payment of the required fees, you have been granted the non-exclusive, non-transferable right to access and read the text of this e-book on-screen. No part of this text may be reproduced, transmitted, down-loaded, decompiled, reverse engineered, or stored in or introduced into any information storage and retrieval system, in any form or by any means, whether electronic or mechanical, now known or hereinafter invented, without the express written permission of HarperCollins e-books.
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