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My heart did another funny little
jump, but not in pleasure this time. I think, at the mention of Connery, it curled into a
foetal position with its heart hands covering its heart head.
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Total
Reviews |
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11/22/63 by Stephen King
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68
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64
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1,088
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1,580
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Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury
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97
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75
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763
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1,454
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The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins
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177
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144
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4,630
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6,109
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The Help by Kathryn Stockett
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22
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21
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455
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598
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The
Adventures of Tom Sawyer by Mark Twain |
16
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17
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245
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434
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In a desolate future, long after the nuclear war, practicing medicine is illegal. Health care is provided by Healers who treat patients using primitive methods like chanting and bleeding.
Hank is a doctor who practices medicine only for himself and his family. His fear of being sent to prison has estranged him from the Underground, the loose network of physicians that tries to help people who have lost faith in the Healers.
One evening a 16-year-old girl knocks on his door. She has a secret and the power to destroy Hank’s life if he doesn’t make her father well.
But there’s a catch — Gina’s father is the brother of a Healer.
Gina unbolted the door and lifted off the bar, set it with
a bump in the corner, and went out. A cool breeze, touched with the smells of
mildew and rotting wood, whisked into the room. It dried the perspiration on
Hank’s face and rocked the lanterns. The door slapped shut. Maud went to bolt
it. When she came back, she drew her chair closer to the bed, sat down. She
touched her robe near the left shoulder.“I’ve
got a knife in here.”
“Maud…”
“I
understand,” Hank said, feeling cold.
“My
own child doesn’t think I’d use it, but I would.”
Hank looked down at his hands. He tried to still the tremor
within him.“I
don’t want to cause trouble.”
“You
bein’ here is trouble.”
“Maud,
stop it,” Vic said. Then he was coughing again.
Hank prepared penicillin and vitamin injections. His hands
shook. He had difficulty grasping the syringes, and he couldn’t make his
muscles do what he wanted them to.Hank put the syringes into his medical case. He didn’t want
to give the injections until Gina got back. He tried to convince himself that
it was common sense to wait until he had checked this man more thoroughly. But
besides the blood pressure, there were no more tests he could do. He was afraid
of what this old woman might do if he frightened her badly enough.
