"The Mo(u)rning Letters" 9 results

The Mo(u)rning Letters, Chapter 1

BOOK REVIEW, May 2010, by Jenny McWha Hi GCDA readers! So, for the last little while I have been busy cooking up something extra special for you! When GCDA's Editor in Chief (Jenifer) found out I was a creative writer, she was nice enough to say that I could publish some of my own stuff on here for you guys. After some cajoling, I decided to return to the novel that I had been writing (at a very slow pace) for the past few years. ...

The Mo(u)rning Letters - Chapter Two: Going, Going, Gone

BOOK CLUB, June 2010, by Jenny McWha Last time… In Chapter 1 (Proof of Life), the anniversary of Beth’s death rolled around, and Eleanor fell into a kind of stupor. Benjamin instantly took on a super-brother persona, and tried to help her feel better. To top it all off, they find out that their happily married and pregnant sister, Cornelia, was just left by her husband. In desperation, Eleanor’s parents sent her ...

The Mo(u)rning Letters - Chapter Three: Home Away from Home

Chapter three of The Mo(u)rning Letters: Home Away from Home find out what happens to Nora!

The Mo(u)rning Letters - Chapter Four: Distractions

BOOK CLUB, October 2010, by Jenny McWha Last time… In Home Away from Home Away from Home, Eleanor settled into the Shannon Mayfair Home for the Grieving. She felt uncomfortable and strange, especially in her first group therapy session. She heard the other patient’s stories, and finally found the courage to talk about Beth. Back at home, Benjamin had a dream about the Beth the week before she died.& ...

The Mo(u)rning Letters, Chapter 5: Shannon Mayfair Home for the Grieving

BOOK CLUB, December 2010, by Jenny McWha Last time… In chapter 4 "Distractions", Benjamin and Susannah got closer when she became worried about him walking to school every day in the cold when he had a perfectly good car to use. Later, she comes and wakes him up and decided to walk with him after that. The two found themselves becoming friends; that is, before they accidentally kissed and Susannah ran away. ...

The Mo(u)rning Letters Chapter 6: Developments

BOOK CLUB, January 2011, by Jenny McWha Last time… In Mo(u)rning Letters, Eleanor writes to Benjamin, Susannah, and Cornelia about her time in therapy. Eleanor kept a lot from her correspondents, Susannah worried about failing high school without her best friend there, and Benjamin told Eleanor about his dream, which she saw right through! The Mo(u)rning Letters Chapter Six: Developments & ...

The Mo(u)rning Letters - Chapter 7

BOOK CLUB, February 2011, by Jenny McWha Last time… in Developments, Benjamin left school early only to discover that Eleanor had returned from therapy. She seemed different, but he couldn’t place his finger on what it was. They went for a drive, and Benjamin told her he kissed Susannah. Understandably, she was a little upset, but they figured everything out. Benjamin remembered why her was so protective of her, and ...

The Mo(u)rning Letters - Chapter 8

BOOK REVIEWS, April 2011, by Jenny McWha Last time… in "Coming Up For Air" Benjamin phoned Susannah to tell her Eleanor was back. Susannah was ecstatic, and on the way over to Eleanor’s house she remembered when they met in the first year of high school. Benjamin and Susannah were awkward with each other, but it was forgotten in Susannah’s reunion with Eleanor. Feeling left out, Benjamin showed off his ...

The Mo(u)rning Letters - Chapter 9

BOOK REVIEWS, April 2011, by Jenny McWha Last time… In Past Loves, Benjamin met an ex-girlfriend, Margot Palmer, in the park near his house. She remembers their past, from first seeing him to falling in love with him to having her heart broken. Thinking this meeting will just make her angrier at him, she was instead surprised to find that she was in a position to help him realize, but not solve, his complicated ...