[bksvol-discuss] Re: Need a little sighted help
- From: Cindy Rosenthal <grandcyn77@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Mon, 4 Aug 2014 20:12:23 -0700
well done, Judy! How did you do that? I tried to look in the book on
Amazon but couldn't find either. I did find out, however, that my local
library branch has the book, so if you think you'll need more help, Lisa,
I can get the book tomorrow. just let me know
Cindy
On Mon, Aug 4, 2014 at 3:54 PM, Judy s. <cherryjam@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Hi Lisa,
>
> here's what's on page 524 from the start of the sentence to the bottom of
> the page:
>
> I was fascinated by their pallor, a white so pale it was tinted blue, like
> thin milk. Their clothes squeezed the breath from them and rendered their
> bodies tight as bow strings. I longed to reach out and pluck them, play
> their one quivering note. The laundress from Soapsuds Row and the
> housekeepers sat behind them, decidedly healthier in complexion. These
> ladies had tired feet that
>
> The next one on page 528 is: They leaned forward in the saddle to scratch
> their ankles."
>
> Then, on page 707, the last part of the poem is:
>
> Of monologue. The words as they came--
> Came from you, from the woman, from the voice
> In the trees--were his then, the poem come
> From someone else's lips, as it can.
>
> Judy s.
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>
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> On 8/4/2014 2:24 PM, Lisa Cushman wrote:
>
> Hi everyone,
>
>
>
> May I illicit a little sighted assistance? I am working on a book called
> The Paris Review of
>
> Book: Of Heartbreak, Madness, Sex, Love, Betrayal, Outsiders,
> Intoxication, War, Whimsy, Horrors, God, Death, Dinner, Baseball, Travels,
> The Art Of Writing, And Everything Else In The World Since 1953
> <https://www.bookshare.org/browse/book/829670/The%2BParis%2BReview%2BBook%253A%2BOf%2BHeartbreak%252C%2BMadness%252C%2BSex%252C%2BLove%252C%2BBetrayal%252C%2BOutsiders%252C%2BIntoxication%252C%2BWar%252C%2BWhimsy%252C%2BHorrors%252C%2BGod%252C%2BDeath%252C%2BDinner%252C%2BBaseball%252C%2BTravels%252C%2BThe%2BArt%2BOf%2BWriting%252C%2BAnd%2BEverything%2BElse%2BIn%2BThe%2BWorld%2BSince%2B1953>
>
> The ISBN is 9780312422387
>
> I am stuck on a few passages.
>
> The first one is on page 524 at the bottom.
>
> The phrase starts at “a white so pale it was tinted blue, like”
>
> Then there is something illegible.
>
>
>
> The next one is on 528. The passage begins how they leaned forward in the
> saddle to
>
> Then there is something illegible, then the sentence ends with their
> ankles.
>
> The third is on page 707. It is a poem.
>
> It starts Of monologue. Of words, as they came—Came from you, from the
> woman, from illegible.
>
> Then it continues with In the trees
>
>
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> Could someone help me out with this little part?
>
>
>
> Thanks,
>
> Lisa
>
>
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> .
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>
> Lisa Cushman, CRC, LMFT
>
> Clinical Interviewer
>
> Winston-Salem Industries for the Blind, Inc.
>
> 7730 North Point Drive
>
> Winston-Salem, NC 27106
>
> (510-276-1314) (Work)
>
> (336)759-0551 Main
>
> Lcushman@xxxxxxxxx
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> Judy s.
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