Lydia is dead. 全书从这句话展开，一点一点揭露出Lydia的死因。作者穿插叙述了Lydia生前的心理活动和家人面对死亡的表现，在这...

Words The rims of her eyes ignite.She can picture her mother exactly: he...

Words She can feel the room is poised on the edge - of what, she's not s...

Words Nath had been too preoccupied, and pinning down his attention had ...

Expressions Nath, watching his sister's eyes blink and redden, felt a tw...

Words And Lydia herself - the reluctant center of their universe - every...

Vocabulary Then suddenly, her toes find the water. Below the low thrum o...

Vocabulary Marilyn leafed through photo albums for a picture of herself ...

Vocabulary He breaks off suddenly, as Nath's parents and Dr. Wolf come w...