A Watch of Nightingales

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A WATCH OF NIGHTINGALES other books by Liza Wieland Near Alcatraz Bombshell You Can Sleep While I Drive Discovering America The Names of the Lost A WATCH OF NIGHTINGALES Liza Wieland The University of Michigan Press Ann Arbor Copyright © by the University of Michigan 2009 All rights reserved Published in the United States of America by The University of Michigan Press Manufactured in the United States of America c Printed on acid-free paper 2012 2011 2010 2009 4 3 2 1 No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, or otherwise, without the written permission of the publisher. A CIP catalog record for this book is available from the British Library. Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Wieland, Liza. A watch of nightingales / Liza Wieland. p. cm. — (Michigan literary fiction awards) ISBN-13: 978-0-472-11672-0 (cloth : alk. paper) ISBN-10: 0-472-11672-X (cloth : alk. paper) I. Title. PS3573.I344W38 2009 813'.54—dc22 2008022947 Parts of the novel appeared previously in Indiana Review 30.1. Summer 2008. Grateful acknowledgment is also made to the following for permission to reprint song lyrics: ON THE STEPS OF THE PALACE (from “Into the Woods”) Words and Music by STEPHEN SONDHEIM© 1988 RILTING MUSIC, INC. All Rights Administered by WB MUSIC CORP. All Rights Reserved Used by permission from ALFRED PUBLISHING CO., INC. THE MILLER’S SON (from “A Little Night Music”) Words and Music by STEPHEN SONDHEIM© 1973 (Renewed) RILTING MUSIC, INC. All Rights Administered by WB MUSIC CORP. All Rights Reserved Used by permission from ALFRED PUBLISHING CO., INC. LOSING MY MIND Written by Stephen Sondheim Used by Permission of Range Road Music, Inc., Jerry Leiber Music, Mike Stoller Music, Rilting Music, Inc. and Burthen Music Company, Inc. ISBN13 978-0-472-02525-1 (electronic) this book is for Monica, Cassie & Georgia ...