Lily's Ghost

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Chapter 1: November 1978
As a doctor in Vietnam, Lily survived unimaginable terror and loss. Now, safely ensconced in a close-knit Maine town and a seemingly comfortable marriage, she no longer needs to be afraid, but she is: afraid of light, afraid of sudden sounds

Chapter 1: Part 2
I do as a good mother should do, but I do it with trepidation. I try to channel the fear underground. But it inevitably oozes back up, seeping into the breach between muscle and skin, invading, finally, my whole body, narrowing my throat, leaving

Chapter 1: Part 3
An hour later, he comes downstairs dressed in mismatched pajamas, a yellow top with white piping and black-watch bottoms. Tucked under his arm is one of his favorite books: Through the Looking Glass, a delightful 1930's version my mother gave him

As a doctor in Vietnam, Lily survived unimaginable terror and loss. Now, safely ensconced in a close-knit Maine town and a seemingly comfortable marriage, she no longer needs to be afraid, but she is: afraid of light, afraid of sudden sounds, afraid of seeing the wide-eyed child of war who haunts her. So Lily is unprepared for the act of betrayal that threatens to take away the one thing she cannot live without: her young son. Plunged into a bitter custody battle, befriended by a man with a heartbreaking secret of his own, Lily must fight - to escape her own memories, to survive an uncertain future, and to protect, above all else, the love between a mother and child.

Cheryl Drake Harris is a former nurse and teacher who lives with her husband in Maine, where she is at work on her second novel, about a contemporary writer reasearching the life of Elizabeth Siddal, the wife of poet and painter Dante Gabriel Rossetti, which Dell will publish in 2007..

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