Finding Casey: A Novel by Jo-Ann Mapson

Author:Jo-Ann Mapson
Language: eng
Format: mobi
Tags: fiction, General
ISBN: 9781608197637
Publisher: Bloomsbury USA
Published: 2012-10-02T00:00:00+00:00

All Glory could think while they ate breakfast was that this was their last morning together. The days seemed to fly by and Sunday had come far too quickly. Having houseguests meant extra laundry and meals, but having her family nearby made up for it. Joseph had gone all out making Sunday breakfast. He made his broiled brown-sugar bacon, baked blueberry scones, and a perfectly browned green chile egg puff, which now sat on the kitchen table she’d found on Craigslist and oiled and waxed until it glowed. This morning she covered it with oilcloth patterned with cherries. Set on top of it, the blue calico Staffordshire dishes she’d bought at the consignment shop looked homey and striking at the same time. She planned to pass them on to Juniper one day. Maybe her daughter didn’t care about such things now, but one day she would.

They shared the newspaper, which was mostly ads, while Ave did the New York Times crossword puzzle. For no reason Glory could imagine, Juniper got up and took Ave’s walker and raced around the house pushing it in front of her, completing one full circuit, the dogs chasing after her. Everyone was laughing. “Time to name your walker, Gran,” she said, and Topher called out, “It has to be Luke, Luke Skywalker,” and even Ave laughed until she was bent over from the effort. When Juniper returned to her seat, she was out of breath and smiling, and that was when it hit Glory that in a matter of hours, they’d all be gone.

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