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And when Rachel saw that she bare Jacob no children, Rachel envied her sister; and said unto Jacob, Give me children, or else I die. And Jacob’s anger was kindled against Rachel; and he said, Am I in God’s stead, who hath withheld from thee the fruit of the womb? And she said, Behold my maid Bilhah, go in unto her; and she shall bear upon my knees, that I may also have children by her. – Genesis, 30:1-3 But as to myself, having been wearied out for many years with offering vain, idle, visionary thoughts, and at length utterly despairing of success, I fortunately fell upon this proposal … –Jonathan Swift, A Modest Proposal In the desert there is no sign that says, Thou shalt not eat stones. – Sufi proverb
CONTENTS Cover Other Books by This Author Title Page Copyright Dedication Epigraph I Night II Shopping III Night IV Waiting Room V Nap VI Household VII Night VIII Birth Day IX Night X Soul Scrolls XI Night XII Jezebel’s XIII Night XIV Salvaging
Page 2 and 3: INTERNATIONAL ACCLAIM FOR The Handm
Page 4: The Animals in That Country (1968)
Page 7: For Mary Webster and Perry Miller
Page 11 and 12: I NIGHT
Page 13 and 14: Alma. Janine. Dolores. Moira. June.
Page 15 and 16: CHAPTER TWO A chair, a table, a lam
Page 17 and 18: ead, throwing the loaves for the fi
Page 19 and 20: CHAPTER THREE I go out by the back
Page 21 and 22: what did I have, to trade? I looked
Page 23 and 24: CHAPTER FOUR I walk along the grave
Page 25 and 26: “Which I receive with joy.” “
Page 27 and 28: The one with the moustache opens th
Page 29 and 30: I remember the rules, rules that we
Page 31 and 32: smirk. She glances down to where my
Page 33 and 34: CHAPTER SIX A block past All Flesh,
Page 35 and 36: The men wear white coats, like thos
Page 37 and 38: CHAPTER SEVEN The night is mine, my
Page 39 and 40: I would like to believe this is a s
Page 41 and 42: CHAPTER EIGHT The good weather hold
Page 43 and 44: then, she was making speeches. She
Page 45 and 46: made up. She goes to the sink, runs
Page 47 and 48: careless, in those rooms. I could l
Page 49 and 50: CHAPTER TEN Sometimes I sing to mys
Page 51 and 52: Whatever is going on is as usual. E
Page 53 and 54: CHAPTER ELEVEN Yesterday morning I
Page 55 and 56: een said, but the knowledge of his
Page 57 and 58: the week’s shopping, because both
Page 59 and 60:
noticed. I think it must be hard. T
Page 61 and 62:
CHAPTER THIRTEEN There’s time to
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operation in Iowa. She’s good at
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I’m in our first apartment, in th
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VI HOUSEHOLD
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sofa. The room smells of lemon oil,
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They show us only victories, never
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would say. Think that way and you
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enevolence? We watch him: every inc
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on. Let go. “And Leah said, God h
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CHAPTER SIXTEEN The Ceremony goes a
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her, stiff and straight as an effig
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anyway. I want Luke here so badly.
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VII NIGHT
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eginning to fade, possibly because
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VIII BIRTH DAY
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lue stripe. The first egg is white.
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declared Unbabies. But we knew they
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More tea? Modestly changing the sub
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slogan, according to her ability; t
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deformed or something. You were a w
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CHAPTER TWENTY-ONE It’s hot in he
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her by the arms, as if she needs it
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CHAPTER TWENTY-TWO By the time the
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with the arrangement of bulb and pl
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might be a shattering explosion, th
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“It’s fine,” I say. “A keep
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smile, friendly but a little distan
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IX NIGHT
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He wanted me to play Scrabble with
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X SOUL SCROLLS
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Then she came back. I’ll say I dr
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Serena asked her. Serena herself so
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for the loot and their horsy, acqui
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CHAPTER TWENTY-SIX When the night f
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transfer you from one house to anot
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today, they don’t leave the bodie
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I steel myself. “No,” I say. Sh
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CHAPTER TWENTY-EIGHT I don’t feel
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that came later. It seems so primit
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I did phone from the office, but al
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can use your Compucount for you, sh
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Someone has come out of the house.
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CHAPTER TWENTY-NINE I’m sitting i
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“Nolite te bastardes carborundoru
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it without thinking. “Know what?
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CHAPTER THIRTY Night falls. Or has
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they fade, though I stretch out my
Page 155 and 156:
XII JEZEBEL’S
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I sit in my chair, the wreath on th
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under the willow tree, in her chair
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I think about this. “Not with a d
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I am surprised: she doesn’t usual
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I like to know what you think, his
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mannequins almost, with their neat
Page 169 and 170:
walks in? I was looking at Janine.
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ones who could get a man easily and
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What we’re aiming for, says Aunt
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CHAPTER THIRTY-FIVE Now there’s a
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together, as if the two of you were
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CHAPTER THIRTY-SIX I knock on his d
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All he has is a lipstick, old and r
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CHAPTER THIRTY-SEVEN We go along th
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fountain there’s a group of Japan
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one foot, then the other, her feet
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“Yes,” she says, pulling up her
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don’t want them to get in trouble
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“I thought it might be the end, f
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CHAPTER THIRTY-NINE The Commander h
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women, in Russia, sweeping dirt. On
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XIII NIGHT
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doesn’t work she’ll try them ne
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Partway through, I thought about Se
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CHAPTER FORTY-ONE I wish this story
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For this one I’d wear pink feathe
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CHAPTER FORTY-TWO The bell is tolli
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She goes on like this for some minu
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CHAPTER FORTY-THREE The three bodie
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ed spreads everywhere, but before t
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CHAPTER FORTY-FOUR Things are back
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Day.” “Did they?” she says, l
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excusing myself now, for this or th
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CHAPTER FORTY-SIX I sit in my room,
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place that, unless he’s one of th
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HISTORICAL NOTES
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Professor Pieixoto scarcely needs a
Page 231 and 232:
objects themselves are genuine. Cer
Page 233 and 234:
esidence? Not very much. She appear
Page 235 and 236:
negative inducement: childless or i
Page 237 and 238:
y him. What male of the Gilead peri
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