By Elizabeth Hand
ISBN-10: 0670012122
ISBN-13: 9780670012121
Madeleine and Rogan are first cousins, most sensible acquaintances, twinned souls, each one other’s old flame. Even inside of their huge, disorderly family—all descendants of a well-known actress—their depth and fervour for theater units them aside. It makes them a bit risky. once they are forged of their school’s creation of 12th evening, they're pressured to stand their separate skills and futures, and their destiny jointly. This masterful brief novel, winner of the area myth Award, is magic on paper.
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Said Orsino. His eyes had the wild white gleam of a spooked horse’s, but he sounded exhilarated. ” I gritted my teeth and gestured at him to shut up. I was doing my best not to look at anyone. I stood just offstage and stared resolutely at the ropes and suspended weights that held backdrops and curtains in place. I’d peeked out earlier and seen the audience, and now I could hear them, along with the excited whispers and muffled laughter of the other actors around me. I felt so sick I thought I might pass out.
I kissed his mouth and silenced him, silenced everything except for the steady knocking of our chests, heart to heart, breath to breath, and the January wind blowing cold across Arden Terrace. THE AUDITORIUM HAD ONLY BEEN THREE-QUARTERS full on opening night. Saturday it was packed. The performance was even better than it had been the night before: word of mouth and repeat attendance by the jocks meant that Rogan’s every entrance was met with cheers and whistles. He never lost his composure, though the other actors began to improvise, doing funny riffs and playing off the audience as though there were no fourth wall between us.
Go—” I fled downstairs and back outside. I didn’t stop until I reached my own house, empty and dark in the early January night. It wasn’t until much later, when I looked out toward Fairview and the carriage house beyond, that I saw both houses were dark as well. For the first time I could remember, no ghost light burned in Aunt Kate’s upper window. I DIDN’T SEE ROGAN AGAIN BEFORE I LEFT FOR London. His parents pulled him from St. Brendan’s and sent him to board at Mount St. Michael Academy, an all-boy school in the Bronx run by Marist Brothers.
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