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On a hot summer day, Joanna Mason's family slowly wanders home along a country lane. A moment later, Joanna's life is changed forever ...On a dark night thirty years later, ex-detective Jackson Brodie finds himself on a train that is both crowded and late. Lost in his thoughts, he suddenly hears a shocking sound ...
At the end of a long day, sixteen-year-old Reggie is looking forward to watching a little TV. Then a terrifying noise shatters her peaceful evening. Luckily, Reggie makes it a show more point to be prepared for an emergency ...
These three lives come together in unexpected and deeply thrilling ways in the latest novel from Kate Atkinson, the critically acclaimed author who Harlan Coben calls "an absolute must-read."
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It's hard to call the Jackson Brodie books mysteries. It's hard to call the books -- 3 of them now and I hope there will be more -- the Jackson Brodie series. There is a mystery in them somewhere and Jackson does show up, but the mystery is only part of things and Jackson is but one of the main characters.
In this one, Jackson shares the spotlight with Louise, a police detective who appeared previously, and with Reggie Chase, a worldly-wise barely 16-year-old girl who looks much younger. She's had a tough life, and now orphaned, she's working as a babysitter for Dr. Joanna Hunter. Dr. Hunter has a secret. Thirty years ago, she was the sole survivor of an attack that claimed her mother, sister, and baby brother, and now, the killer has show more been freed. Reggie knows nothing of this, but she becomes concerned when Dr. Hunter disappears, despite Joanna's husband seeming unconcerned, claiming his wife is visiting a sick aunt no one's heard of.
Meanwhile, Louise is feeling stuck in her new marriage, Jackson is obsessed with proving his ex-lover's son is really his, and Reggie's criminal brother is causing trouble for her. When Jackson is involved in a train crash near where Reggie is living, she ends up saving his life with CPR and, well... it sounds so uninteresting when boiled down to the facts.
The book is full of coincidences and people connected to each other in unusual and unexpected ways, not the least of which is Jackson and Louise being obsessed with each other, unrequited, while both are now married to others. This is a story about intersecting lives and the quiet desperation people often must overcome to survive. The mystery is just a means to an end, but it's the journey that counts. Atkinson is a good writer with a strong ability to bring characters to life. Reggie is a marvel, and I wouldn't mind seeing a book devoted to her. But she'd probably end up sharing it with other, even more intriguing characters. Such is the way of a Kate Atkinson book. show less
In this one, Jackson shares the spotlight with Louise, a police detective who appeared previously, and with Reggie Chase, a worldly-wise barely 16-year-old girl who looks much younger. She's had a tough life, and now orphaned, she's working as a babysitter for Dr. Joanna Hunter. Dr. Hunter has a secret. Thirty years ago, she was the sole survivor of an attack that claimed her mother, sister, and baby brother, and now, the killer has show more been freed. Reggie knows nothing of this, but she becomes concerned when Dr. Hunter disappears, despite Joanna's husband seeming unconcerned, claiming his wife is visiting a sick aunt no one's heard of.
Meanwhile, Louise is feeling stuck in her new marriage, Jackson is obsessed with proving his ex-lover's son is really his, and Reggie's criminal brother is causing trouble for her. When Jackson is involved in a train crash near where Reggie is living, she ends up saving his life with CPR and, well... it sounds so uninteresting when boiled down to the facts.
The book is full of coincidences and people connected to each other in unusual and unexpected ways, not the least of which is Jackson and Louise being obsessed with each other, unrequited, while both are now married to others. This is a story about intersecting lives and the quiet desperation people often must overcome to survive. The mystery is just a means to an end, but it's the journey that counts. Atkinson is a good writer with a strong ability to bring characters to life. Reggie is a marvel, and I wouldn't mind seeing a book devoted to her. But she'd probably end up sharing it with other, even more intriguing characters. Such is the way of a Kate Atkinson book. show less
Thirty years ago Andrew Decker killed Joanna Mason's mother, sister, dog and baby brother. Six year old Joanna escaped by running into the fields. And now Andrew Decker is to be released from gaol.
Reggie Chase is an orphan too. Her mother died recently while on holidays, an accidental drowning, not a murder. Reggie's life owes its stability to her own resilience, her part-time job as a nanny for Dr. Hunter's baby son, and to her friendship with her ex-teacher Ms. McDonald. The night of the big train derailment on the line behind Ms. McDonald's house is the night Dr. Hunter disappears. It's also the night Reggie Chase brings Jackson Brodie back from the dead.
Reggie is convinced that, whatever Dr. Hunter's husband says, she and the baby show more have been kidnapped. Life has made Reggie old beyond her years. She is remarkably resourceful and persistent.
WHEN WILL THERE BE GOOD NEWS? isn't just a good read. It's a mystery, and an exploration of relationships. #3 in the series, it adds to the unfolding story of Jackson Brodie, and newly married Detective Chief Inspector Louise Munro. Despite serious story threads it is laced with humour in unexpected places, and with poignant sadness too.
Some of the scenarios are perhaps a little too coincidental, maybe testing the reader's sense of credibility. But who cares? This is fiction and an author whose writing holds our interest can do whatever she likes, can't she?
Kate Atkinson's love of the English language surfaces in the way she merges nursery rhymes into the text: "Reggie Chase, as small as a mouse, as quiet as a house with no one home." The description of the sound of the derailing of the train is vivid: ".. as if a giant hand was clawing a giant blackboard with giant fingernails and finally a tremendous bang like an explosive clap of thunder. The apocalypse had come to town." Kate Atkinson wants us to savour the words, roll them around like wine on the palate.
This is a book worth dwelling on. I hesitate to use the term literary thriller even though the blurb on the back cover does. Kate Atkinson, winner of the Whitbread Book of the Year with her very first novel, is something of a "genre-jumper". But take your time with this book. There's more than one story to enjoy here. I look forward to Jackson Brodie #4, although, according to the author, it may be a long time in coming.
Kate Atkinson's site contains the first chapter of WHEN WILL THERE BE GOOD NEWS? as well as a video interview, where she talks about where her ideas come from and how her characters are created. There is also a video extract of Kate Atkinson reading from the book.
Her other books:
* Behind the Scenes at the Museum
* Human Croquet
* Emotionally Weird
* Not the End of the World
Other Jackson Brodie titles:
* Case Histories
* One Good Turn show less
Reggie Chase is an orphan too. Her mother died recently while on holidays, an accidental drowning, not a murder. Reggie's life owes its stability to her own resilience, her part-time job as a nanny for Dr. Hunter's baby son, and to her friendship with her ex-teacher Ms. McDonald. The night of the big train derailment on the line behind Ms. McDonald's house is the night Dr. Hunter disappears. It's also the night Reggie Chase brings Jackson Brodie back from the dead.
Reggie is convinced that, whatever Dr. Hunter's husband says, she and the baby show more have been kidnapped. Life has made Reggie old beyond her years. She is remarkably resourceful and persistent.
WHEN WILL THERE BE GOOD NEWS? isn't just a good read. It's a mystery, and an exploration of relationships. #3 in the series, it adds to the unfolding story of Jackson Brodie, and newly married Detective Chief Inspector Louise Munro. Despite serious story threads it is laced with humour in unexpected places, and with poignant sadness too.
Some of the scenarios are perhaps a little too coincidental, maybe testing the reader's sense of credibility. But who cares? This is fiction and an author whose writing holds our interest can do whatever she likes, can't she?
Kate Atkinson's love of the English language surfaces in the way she merges nursery rhymes into the text: "Reggie Chase, as small as a mouse, as quiet as a house with no one home." The description of the sound of the derailing of the train is vivid: ".. as if a giant hand was clawing a giant blackboard with giant fingernails and finally a tremendous bang like an explosive clap of thunder. The apocalypse had come to town." Kate Atkinson wants us to savour the words, roll them around like wine on the palate.
This is a book worth dwelling on. I hesitate to use the term literary thriller even though the blurb on the back cover does. Kate Atkinson, winner of the Whitbread Book of the Year with her very first novel, is something of a "genre-jumper". But take your time with this book. There's more than one story to enjoy here. I look forward to Jackson Brodie #4, although, according to the author, it may be a long time in coming.
Kate Atkinson's site contains the first chapter of WHEN WILL THERE BE GOOD NEWS? as well as a video interview, where she talks about where her ideas come from and how her characters are created. There is also a video extract of Kate Atkinson reading from the book.
Her other books:
* Behind the Scenes at the Museum
* Human Croquet
* Emotionally Weird
* Not the End of the World
Other Jackson Brodie titles:
* Case Histories
* One Good Turn show less
This book, despite its violent premise and tough scenes, is a compelling read thanks to Atkinson's dark sense of humour which alleviates the tone. I really enjoyed the strong female leads and their unique personalities that did not rely on quirks as is often the case in detective fiction. Although it seems to be part of a series, it's fine to read as a standalone, although I'm now definitely curious to read more in the same vein.
A very original and addictive read.
A very original and addictive read.
It’s been a long time since I’ve savored a book. Lately, I’ve slogged through books, skimmed my way through books and inhaled books. (It’s been a hit and miss winter of reading, if you can’t tell.)
But “When Will There Be Good News?” is the perfect mix of gripping mystery, tongue in cheek societal commentary and careful character study. And? Even though it was more than difficult at times…I managed to savor it for a whole WEEK. (OK, there was one late night where I lost track of time, but still.)
Based on Atkinson’s previous Jackson Brodie novels, I was accustomed to her style and the pace of action, but I didn’t remember the wonderful snarkiness of some of her, I mean, the characters’ observations.
“In Jackson’s show more long experience, security covered a multitude of sins, but actually it was pretty straightforward – he had a card in his wallet that said “Jackson Brodie – Security Consultant” (consultant, now there was a word that covered an even greater multitude of sins).”
And when Atkinson read my thoughts, “…he believed that no woman should wear a pair of shoes that she couldn’t, if necessary, run away in.” “….None of the women at Bernie’s soiree looked as if they would be prepared to toss away their Manolos and Jimmy Choos to make a quick getaway. Yes, he knew the names of designer shoemakers, and no, that wasn’t the kind of stuff real men from the north should know…”
And one of my favorites: “…the walls had been spray-painted rather ineptly with the words, “Your dead.” Reggie felt bile rising up, making her nauseous. You cant hide from us. Who was us? Who were these people who didn’t know how to use an apostrophe? They must be looking for Billy. Billy knew a lot of ungrammatical people.”
Kate Atkinson has a sneaky way of easing into dramatic and usually violent scenes that catches me off guard, has me jumping back a few paragraphs in a startled, “Did I really just read that?” kind of way. Early in the book, she had me right smack in the middle of a sunny, humid summer day, feeling the sun, smelling dried grass…and then literally (hee) smacked me upside the head with a random act of violence that I did NOT see coming.
And the mystery and action build in such a character focused way that while I may not be able to predict what the characters will do, she’s laid enough groundwork that their actions never take a sideways turn that seem out of place.
In that character focused way, the book is filled with wonderful bits – simply said, but exactly right.
“Yes,” Reggie said. “My mother’s not here at the moment.” One lie, one truth. They canceled each other out and left the world unchanged.”
Or “It went without saying that Jackson didn’t believe in angels, but in extremis he was always willing to give credence to anything.”
And “He had drawn those terrible feelings inside himself, nourishing them in solitary confinement until they formed the hard, black nugget of coal at the heart of his soul, but now the disaster was external, the wreckage was tangible, it was outside the room he was sleeping in.”
Because this book involves a mystery…several mysteries, really, I’ve been trying to carefully pick quotes that are not spoilers. And – I just realized that in my review – I never really even touched on the plot.
I suppose it’s because this book was about the characters and the writing…and the feeling of the book for me. Which for me was enough – more than enough. To enjoy, to re-read, to savor. show less
But “When Will There Be Good News?” is the perfect mix of gripping mystery, tongue in cheek societal commentary and careful character study. And? Even though it was more than difficult at times…I managed to savor it for a whole WEEK. (OK, there was one late night where I lost track of time, but still.)
Based on Atkinson’s previous Jackson Brodie novels, I was accustomed to her style and the pace of action, but I didn’t remember the wonderful snarkiness of some of her, I mean, the characters’ observations.
“In Jackson’s show more long experience, security covered a multitude of sins, but actually it was pretty straightforward – he had a card in his wallet that said “Jackson Brodie – Security Consultant” (consultant, now there was a word that covered an even greater multitude of sins).”
And when Atkinson read my thoughts, “…he believed that no woman should wear a pair of shoes that she couldn’t, if necessary, run away in.” “….None of the women at Bernie’s soiree looked as if they would be prepared to toss away their Manolos and Jimmy Choos to make a quick getaway. Yes, he knew the names of designer shoemakers, and no, that wasn’t the kind of stuff real men from the north should know…”
And one of my favorites: “…the walls had been spray-painted rather ineptly with the words, “Your dead.” Reggie felt bile rising up, making her nauseous. You cant hide from us. Who was us? Who were these people who didn’t know how to use an apostrophe? They must be looking for Billy. Billy knew a lot of ungrammatical people.”
Kate Atkinson has a sneaky way of easing into dramatic and usually violent scenes that catches me off guard, has me jumping back a few paragraphs in a startled, “Did I really just read that?” kind of way. Early in the book, she had me right smack in the middle of a sunny, humid summer day, feeling the sun, smelling dried grass…and then literally (hee) smacked me upside the head with a random act of violence that I did NOT see coming.
And the mystery and action build in such a character focused way that while I may not be able to predict what the characters will do, she’s laid enough groundwork that their actions never take a sideways turn that seem out of place.
In that character focused way, the book is filled with wonderful bits – simply said, but exactly right.
“Yes,” Reggie said. “My mother’s not here at the moment.” One lie, one truth. They canceled each other out and left the world unchanged.”
Or “It went without saying that Jackson didn’t believe in angels, but in extremis he was always willing to give credence to anything.”
And “He had drawn those terrible feelings inside himself, nourishing them in solitary confinement until they formed the hard, black nugget of coal at the heart of his soul, but now the disaster was external, the wreckage was tangible, it was outside the room he was sleeping in.”
Because this book involves a mystery…several mysteries, really, I’ve been trying to carefully pick quotes that are not spoilers. And – I just realized that in my review – I never really even touched on the plot.
I suppose it’s because this book was about the characters and the writing…and the feeling of the book for me. Which for me was enough – more than enough. To enjoy, to re-read, to savor. show less
Opening Sentence: "... The heat rising up from the tarmac seemed to get trapped between the thick hedges that towered above their heads like battlements...."
Wow - Kate Atkinson is the queen of sub-plots. Once again she has managed to get 3 or 4 stories that are all linked but travelling separately. Like a juggler she throws all the stories in the air and catches them one at a time each in her hand. while each one is briefly in her hand that particular story line continues before being tossed up again for the reader to catch up with the next storyline. Graduly all the different stories convirge until all is revealed at the appropriate time. The advantage the readers have over the main characters is that we get to see the whole picture - show more whereas Reggie, DCI Louise Monroe and Jackson Brodie all only know their particular parts.
At the start of the novel, in fact some 30 years before the present setting, six-year-old Joanna Mason is the only survivor of a knife attack that leaves her mother and two siblings dead. Switch to the present, Jackson Brodie boards the wrong train in Yorkshire and is almost killed when the train crashes. He is saved by Reggie Chase, the nanny of Dr. Jo Hunter. Jo Hunter is the grown up Joanna Mason, now married to a man who is involved with dodgy buisness deals.
In the chaos following the train crash, Jackson Brodie ends up with the wallet of Andrew Decker. Andrew Decker is the man who confessed to, and was convicted of, murdering the Mason family. DCI Louise Monroe comes into the picture as she comes to inform Jo of Deckers' imminent release. Monroe is also working on a case where a man slaughtered most of his in-laws and has gone into hiding, biding his time, to get his wife and kids. Another event that occura on the night of the train crash is that Dr. Hunter disappears. Reggie is convinced something terrible has happened - but can't get anyone to listen to her.
This is the best so far of the Jackson Brodie books. While Atkinson develops each of the main, and indeed the minor, characters independently, she also reveals how each of them are related to one another, gradually developing the layers of interconnection. My favourite character was 16 year old Reggie, orphaned, intelligent, resourceful, loving, needy, and virtuous - and adept at telling lies. show less
Wow - Kate Atkinson is the queen of sub-plots. Once again she has managed to get 3 or 4 stories that are all linked but travelling separately. Like a juggler she throws all the stories in the air and catches them one at a time each in her hand. while each one is briefly in her hand that particular story line continues before being tossed up again for the reader to catch up with the next storyline. Graduly all the different stories convirge until all is revealed at the appropriate time. The advantage the readers have over the main characters is that we get to see the whole picture - show more whereas Reggie, DCI Louise Monroe and Jackson Brodie all only know their particular parts.
At the start of the novel, in fact some 30 years before the present setting, six-year-old Joanna Mason is the only survivor of a knife attack that leaves her mother and two siblings dead. Switch to the present, Jackson Brodie boards the wrong train in Yorkshire and is almost killed when the train crashes. He is saved by Reggie Chase, the nanny of Dr. Jo Hunter. Jo Hunter is the grown up Joanna Mason, now married to a man who is involved with dodgy buisness deals.
In the chaos following the train crash, Jackson Brodie ends up with the wallet of Andrew Decker. Andrew Decker is the man who confessed to, and was convicted of, murdering the Mason family. DCI Louise Monroe comes into the picture as she comes to inform Jo of Deckers' imminent release. Monroe is also working on a case where a man slaughtered most of his in-laws and has gone into hiding, biding his time, to get his wife and kids. Another event that occura on the night of the train crash is that Dr. Hunter disappears. Reggie is convinced something terrible has happened - but can't get anyone to listen to her.
This is the best so far of the Jackson Brodie books. While Atkinson develops each of the main, and indeed the minor, characters independently, she also reveals how each of them are related to one another, gradually developing the layers of interconnection. My favourite character was 16 year old Reggie, orphaned, intelligent, resourceful, loving, needy, and virtuous - and adept at telling lies. show less
I am a huge fan of Kate Atkinson in general, but especially of her Jackson Brodie novels. I've rarely encountered a single genre-enmeshed detective story so well written, with such fantastic, well-rounded characters, and with a complex plot that actually comes together completely at the end and leaves me wanting for nothing... much less five of these books all in the same series. Atkinson is a master at her craft. Any living writer out there today should try to be more like her, regardless of their genre (or lack thereof). One point I'll make repeatedly as I review these books is how fascinating it is that aside from perhaps the first in this series, Jackson, the detective in these detective stories, is actually the least important show more character involved. All of the characters around him, what they do, what they've done, where they come from, who they are, are much more critical to each of these individual novels. I read once that traditional martial arts movies only need the barest plot, which is like a clothesline upon which to hang as many action sequences as possible. Well, in these books Jackson serves as the clothesline for all of the other characters' stories. He gets involved, to a degree, but even he isn't always the one solving the mystery or saving the day. It's as if, after the first book, she just needed a common thread to tie them together, and he was willing to play along. Anyway (as I tend to digress...) if you have the time and are interested in superbly written mysteries, give these a try. show less
When Will There Be Good News by Kate Atkinson is the third book in her Jackson Brodie series. This novel is so much more than a simple mystery; starting with the harrowing opening, the author weaves her intricate story slowly, allowing the characters to develop fully, the plot to evolve brilliantly, and the setting to be described in detailed prose. I settled in to enjoy the book as with this author, I know the journey is going to be well worth it.
The tension was slowly increased as it was soon apparent that the characters and plot lines were on a collision course. With the suspense being brought to an almost unbearable level I found it very difficult to put the book down. Even though the story had it’s share of brutal murders and show more violence, it is also a carefully crafted tale of fate, love and belonging, unfolding through Atkinson’s unique writing style.
When Will There Be Good News revisits some of this author’s favorite themes of how the past can affect the future, and how the choices we make have long lasting implications. I found this book to be an excellent read and it’s left me both deeply satisfied and very excited to read the next Jackson Brodie story. show less
The tension was slowly increased as it was soon apparent that the characters and plot lines were on a collision course. With the suspense being brought to an almost unbearable level I found it very difficult to put the book down. Even though the story had it’s share of brutal murders and show more violence, it is also a carefully crafted tale of fate, love and belonging, unfolding through Atkinson’s unique writing style.
When Will There Be Good News revisits some of this author’s favorite themes of how the past can affect the future, and how the choices we make have long lasting implications. I found this book to be an excellent read and it’s left me both deeply satisfied and very excited to read the next Jackson Brodie story. show less
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Fact: Atkinson doesn’t write typical crime novels, but literary hybrids. ... Despite an arresting first chapter, what seems of most interest to Atkinson isn’t the solving of crimes, but the solving of the problem of being alive. ... the absence of sustained suspense begins to fray our connection to the characters. Sensing perhaps that she’s lollygagging, Atkinson sprints for the last 75 show more pages, delivering a rushed, overly neat ending that, while cleanly tying up the big threads, leaves many questions about the characters and their futures unanswered. show less
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A third appearance for former police investigator and private detective Jackson Brodie in this psychologically astute thriller from Atkinson (One Good Turn, 2006, etc.). ... Like the most riveting BBC mystery, in which understated, deadpan intelligence illuminates characters’ inner lives within a convoluted plot.
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Kate Atkinson was born in York, and studied English Literature at the University of Dundee. She earned her Masters Degree from Dundee in 1974. She then went on to study for a doctorate in American Literature but she failed at the viva (oral examination) stage. After leaving the university, she took on a variety of jobs from home help to legal show more secretary and teacher. Her first novel, Behind the Scenes at the Museum, won the 1995 Whitbread Book of the Year ahead of Salman Rushdie's The Moor's Last Sigh and Roy Jenkins's biography of William Ewart Gladstone. It went on to be a Sunday Times bestseller. Since then, she has published another five novels, one play, and one collection of short stories. Her work is often celebrated for its wit, wisdom and subtle characterisation, and the surprising twists and plot turns. Her most recent work has featured the popular former detective Jackson Brodie. In 2009, she donated the short story Lucky We Live Now to Oxfam's 'Ox-Tales' project, four collections of UK stories written by 38 authors. Atkinson's story was published in the 'Earth' collection. In March 2010, Atkinson appeared at the York Literature Festival, giving a world-premier reading from an early chapter from her forthcoming novel Started Early, Took My Dog, which is set mainly in the English city of Leeds. Atkinson's bestselling novel, Life after Life, has won numerous awards, including the COSTA Novel Award for 2013. The follow-up to Life After Life is A God in Ruins and was published in 2015. This title won a Costa Book Award 2015 in the novel category. (Bowker Author Biography) show less
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- When Will There Be Good News?
- Original title
- When Will There Be Good News?
- Original publication date
- 2008-09-11
- People/Characters
- Jackson Brodie; Louise Monroe; Dr. Joanna Hunter; Billy Chase; Reggie Chase
- Important places
- Edinburgh, Scotland, UK; North Yorkshire, England, UK; Wensleydale, North Yorkshire, England, UK
- Related movies
- When Will There Be Good News> Part One (2011 | IMDb)
- Epigraph
- 'We never know we go, - when we are going
We jest and shut the door;
Fate following behind us bolts it,
And we accost no more'
Emily Dickinson - Dedication
- For Dave and Maureen - thanks for many good times, the best is yet to come
- First words
- The heat rising up from the tarmac seemed to get trapped between the thick hedges that towered above their heads like battlements.
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- "A coincidence is just an explanation waiting to happen"
"I'm a goddess to him [her baby son] now," Dr Hunter laughed, "but one day I'll be the annoying old woman who wants to be taken to the supermarket".
What was new was a note, stuck on the door with chewing gum, that read, "Reggie Chase -- you cant hide from us". No apostrophe. ... In the shower room ... the walls had been spray-painted with the words, "Your dead". ... Who ... (show all)was "us"? Who were these people who didn't know how to use an apostrophe?
Louise had been there, been there with Archie when he was little, at the empty play parks and deserted duck ponds, suddenly aware of the nutter's sloping walk, his shifting gaze. Don't make eye contact. Walk past briskly, don... (show all)'t draw attention to yourself. Somewhere, in some Utopian nowhere, women walked without fear. Louise would sure like to see that place.
Peter gave her a pad of paper and a pen and told her to write a note ... She wrote with the Biro, "Please help us. We don't want to die." ... she jammed the pen into his eyeball as hard as she could. It surprised her how far ... (show all)it went in. - Last words
- (Click to show. Warning: May contain spoilers.)And they both clapped their hands and the baby laughed and clapped his hands too.
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