Shipping News...forgot who wrote it.
Wow...these are great, you seemed to have chosen some lines that have stayed with me for years.
Posted by: Chick at November 9, 2004 6:18 PMYes!!
Annie Proulx.
Taken together with the rest of the paragraph, it's one of the most moving endings of a book I have ever read.
Posted by: red at November 9, 2004 6:26 PM