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A Heart Beating Hard

Book
Lauren Foss Goodman
2014
summary
A Heart Beating Hard is about looking long and deep into the invisible life of a person we too often pass by. It is the story of Marjorie, who works in the Store and does her best to go on with the days; of Margie, growing up in Apartment #2 with the sounds of Ma and Gram and Him all around; and of Marge, who should never have been, who should have been helped. In A Heart Beating Hard, we see how Marjorie manages to go on with the days, how even in the bright lights and grabbing hands of the outside world, inside, Marjorie knows how to take care of her self and her secrets. It is a story about the passed-along People, about how we are the same and how we are different, about how we become who we are and how we protect our most private places from the cold glare of all that we cannot control.

Table of Contents

Cover

Title Page

pp. i-iii

Copyright Page

pp. iv

Dedication

pp. v-vi

1. MARJORIE

pp. 1

2. MARGIE

pp. 2

3. MARJORIE

pp. 2-6

4. MARGIE

pp. 6-8

5. MARJORIE

pp. 8-12

6. MARGIE

pp. 12-15

7. MARJORIE

pp. 15-23

8. MARGIE

pp. 23-26

9. MARJORIE

pp. 26-31

10. MARGIE

pp. 31-34

11. MARJORIE

pp. 34-38

12. MARGIE

pp. 39-42

13. MARJORIE

pp. 42-49

14. MARGIE

pp. 49-54

15. MARJORIE

pp. 54-59

16. MARGIE

pp. 59-63

17. MARJORIE

pp. 64-70

18. MARGIE

pp. 70-74

19. MARJORIE

pp. 74-78

20. MARGIE

pp. 78-82

21. MARGE

pp. 82-83

22. MARJORIE

pp. 84-88

23. MARGIE

pp. 88-93

24. MARJORIE

pp. 93-99

25. MARGIE

pp. 99-104

26. MARJORIE

pp. 104-108

27. MARGIE

pp. 109-113

28. MARJORIE

pp. 113-119

29. MARGIE

pp. 119-120

30. MARJORIE

pp. 120-122

31. MARGIE

pp. 122-125

32. MARGE

pp. 125

33. MARJORIE

pp. 125-131

34. MARGIE

pp. 131-134

35. MARGE

pp. 134-135

36. MARJORIE

pp. 135-140

37. MARGIE

pp. 140-145

38. MARJORIE

pp. 146-151

39. MARGE

pp. 151-152

40. MARJORIE

pp. 152-154

41. MARGIE

pp. 154-157

42. MARGE

pp. 157-159

43. MARJORIE

pp. 159-173

44. MARGIE

pp. 173-176

45. MARGE

pp. 176

46. MARJORIE

pp. 177-181

47. MARGIE

pp. 181-182

48. MARGE

pp. 182

49. MARJORIE

pp. 182-184

50. MARGIE

pp. 184-187

51. MARGE

pp. 187-188

52. MARJORIE

pp. 188-191

53. MARGIE

pp. 191

54. MARGE

pp. 191-192

55. MARJORIE

pp. 192-194

56. MARGIE

pp. 195-201

57. MARGE

pp. 201-202

58. MARJORIE

pp. 202-208

59. MARGIE

pp. 208-211

60. MARGE

pp. 211

61. MARJORIE

pp. 212-213

62. MARGIE

pp. 213

63. MARGE

pp. 213-214

64. MARJORIE

pp. 214-219

65. MARGE

pp. 219-220

66. MARJORIE

pp. 220-224

67. MARGE

pp. 224-225

68. MARJORIE

pp. 225-236

Acknowledgments

pp. 237-238

Books in the Series

pp. 239-240
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