The Erratics
By: Vicki Laveau-Harvie
3.73
Format: 224 pages, Paperback
When her elderly mother is hospitalised after an accident, Vicki is summoned to her parents' isolat…
Want to Read $ 14.99".. because I do not carry a lot of my past. My sister carries it for me, her foot in the bear trap of our childhood unable to extricate herself no matter how hard she pulls."-Vicki Laveau-Harvie, The Erratics
"My sister’s partner leaves the room at some point and strides down the wide hallway to inspect the elevator my mother takes to the lobby every morning to buy her newspapers and flowers. My sister’s partner is a handy person and wishes to inspect the elevator doors to see if there’s any way to rig them to open onto a void when my mother pushes the button."-Vicki Laveau-Harvie, The Erratics
"Scratch me and you get grief. It will well up surreptitiously and slip away down any declivity, perhaps undermining the foundations but keeping a low profile and trying not to inconvenience anybody. Scratch my sister at your peril however, because you’ll get rage, a geyser of it, like hitting oil after drilling dry, hot rock for months and it suddenly, shockingly, plumes up into the sky, black and viscous, coating everything as it falls to earth. Take care when you scratch."-Vicki Laveau-Harvie, The Erratics
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2. The Anti-Cool Girl
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3. The Spare Room
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4. The Hate Race
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Format: None pages, Paperback
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By: Shankari Chandran
4.21
Format: 384 pages, Paperback
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Format: 448 pages, Kindle Edition
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7. The Labyrinth
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Erica Marsden’s son, an artist, has been imprisoned for a monstrous act of revenge. Trapped in her … read more
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4.13
Format: 464 pages, Hardcover
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13. The Erratics
By: Vicki Laveau-Harvie
3.73
Format: 224 pages, Paperback
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".. because I do not carry a lot of my past. My sister carries it for me, her foot in the bear trap of our childhood unable to extricate herself no matter how hard she pulls."-Vicki Laveau-Harvie, The Erratics
"My sister’s partner leaves the room at some point and strides down the wide hallway to inspect the elevator my mother takes to the lobby every morning to buy her newspapers and flowers. My sister’s p…"-Vicki Laveau-Harvie, The Erratics
"Scratch me and you get grief. It will well up surreptitiously and slip away down any declivity, perhaps undermining the foundations but keeping a low profile and trying not to inconvenience anybody. …"-Vicki Laveau-Harvie, The Erratics
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