The Secret Life of Sam Holloway by Rhys Thomas

Author:Rhys Thomas
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Park Row Books
Published: 2019-06-13T20:25:52+00:00

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When he got home, there was a brown package on the doormat in the hallway. He picked it up, along with the rest of the mail, and went into the kitchen to make himself an apple and elderflower tea. He sat at the breakfast bar and hooked his finger under the perforated strip of the parcel. He loved opening that perforated strip. He looked inside and the strength fell out of him.

Inside the brown envelope was a first edition of a short story collection by Raymond Carver called Cathedral. Sarah had said it was one of her favorite books, so he’d ordered it weeks ago from a seller of rare books in America. It was going to be her Christmas present, and he’d forgotten all about it. The pages inside were yellow and old. Closing the book again, he set it down on the table and looked around the empty kitchen, at how neat and clean it was.

He could hear the silence of the house, and the image of her face smiling at him flashed across that silence.

He sipped his tea and noticed his leg was shaking.

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