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In a small town under a spell, a child bride prays for the sheriff’s gun. Iron under a bed stops a nightmare. The carousel artist can carve only birds. Part fairy tale and part gothic ballad, Wait spans a single year: the year before a young woman’s marriage. Someone is always watching—from the warehouse, from the woods. And on the outskirts of town, someone new is waiting.

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  1. Cover
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  1. Frontmatter
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  1. Contents
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  1. Acknowledgments
  2. pp. ix-x
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  1. Wife
  2. pp. 3-4
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  1. I
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  1. Child Bride
  2. p. 9
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  1. Tennessee
  2. pp. 10-11
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  1. The Flood
  2. p. 12
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  1. The Thief
  2. pp. 13-14
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  1. Neighbor
  2. pp. 15-16
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  1. Gossip
  2. p. 17
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  1. Prize-Winning Photograph
  2. p. 18
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  1. The Accident
  2. pp. 19-20
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  1. The Interpreter
  2. p. 21
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  1. Velata
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  1. II
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  1. The Bicycle
  2. p. 27
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  1. Reelection
  2. pp. 28-29
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  1. The Flies
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  1. All the Animals Are Birds
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  1. Impetus
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  1. Letter after Dismemberment
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  1. Perrault's Tale
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  1. After the Party
  2. p. 38
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  1. III
  1. Rabbit of the World
  2. p. 41
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  1. The Land
  2. pp. 42-43
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  1. The Ripper's Bride
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  1. Salt
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  1. Your Marriage
  2. p. 47
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  1. The Interpreter Tries to Blend In
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  1. Nothing Happened
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  1. Bug
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  1. Stepmother
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  1. IV
  1. Canary
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  1. The Ladder Tree
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  1. White Asparagus
  2. p. 60
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  1. Phlox
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  1. Clean
  2. p. 63
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  1. Love Letter
  2. p. 64
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  1. The Red Thread
  2. pp. 65-66
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  1. Real Estate
  2. pp. 67-68
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  1. Scissors, Hammer, Hoof Pick, Awl
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  1. Hadrian's Wall
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  1. Notes
  2. p. 73
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