167 Results with the "Literary Fiction" genre


    • CHAPTER XXI – Dawn O’Hara: The Girl Who Laughed Cover
      by LovelyMay CHAPTER XXI – Dawn O’Hara: The Girl Who Laughed ushers in a quiet yet powerful reckoning as Dawn begins to move through the last stages of grief, carrying the weight of recent loss while embracing the tender pull of what lies ahead. The chapter opens in New York, where the memory of Peter Orme fades quickly beneath the city’s pace. Its streets, ever in motion, seem indifferent to mourning—a reminder that while individuals may grieve, life elsewhere continues uninterrupted. Dawn, aware of the…
    • CHAPTER XX -Dawn O’Hara: The Girl Who Laughed Cover
      by LovelyMay CHAPTER XX – Dawn O’Hara: The Girl Who Laughed opens with quiet devastation, anchored in the sight of a worn office coat left behind by Blackie. The coat, once insignificant in daily life, now holds an unbearable weight as a symbol of finality. Its emptiness tells a story more powerful than words—the reality that its owner will never return to claim it again. In this single image, the chapter sets a tone of unspoken mourning, where absence feels louder than presence. The tragic accident, sudden and…
    • CHAPTER XIX -Dawn O’Hara: The Girl Who Laughed Cover
      by LovelyMay CHAPTER XIX – Dawn O’Hara: The Girl Who Laughed marks a subtle but pivotal shift in Dawn’s internal and external world, beginning with the unsettling sight of Peter outside her office window. Time has left him largely unchanged in manner, though visibly worn in health and spirit. His presence reignites a tangle of emotions in Dawn—old love buried beneath frustration, and guilt cloaked in emotional fatigue, as she recalls everything they were and everything they never became. Peter’s reentry into…
    • CHAPTER XVIII -Dawn O’Hara: The Girl Who Laughed Cover
      by LovelyMay CHAPTER XVIII – Dawn O’Hara: The Girl Who Laughed opens with a jolt of anxiety as an unexpected knock at Dawn’s door stirs unease. Blackie, usually a figure of newsroom levity, appears under the dim evening light carrying not humor, but a burden. His nervous manner and insistence on speaking privately hint at something deeply unsettling, his presence disrupting the comfort Dawn has only recently begun to feel. In the parlor’s shadowed stillness, Blackie lights a cigarette, its glow briefly…
    • CHAPTER XVII -Dawn O’Hara: The Girl Who Laughed Cover
      by LovelyMay CHAPTER XVII – Dawn O’Hara: The Girl Who Laughed captures a moment of fragile triumph, where creation and fear sit side by side. Dawn has just sent off her manuscript after nearly a year of effort—long nights filled with typewriter keys clacking, much to the annoyance of her neighbors. The completion should have brought relief, yet she finds herself second-guessing every word, unsure whether it reflects her best or merely her exhaustion. This uncertainty clings to her, especially in the quiet hours…
    • CHAPTER XVI  -Dawn O’Hara: The Girl Who Laughed Cover
      by LovelyMay CHAPTER XVI – Dawn O’Hara: The Girl Who Laughed opens on a day filled with uncertainty as Dawn steps into the exhausting hunt for a new place to live. She trudges through city blocks lined with dreary boardinghouses, each room colder and more impersonal than the last. Landladies either make excuses or seem unwilling to rent, and the rooms themselves carry the scent of faded wallpaper and forgotten tenants, making her feel more like an intruder than a guest. The search leads her to a place that, while…
    • CHAPTER XV -Dawn O’Hara: The Girl Who Laughed Cover
      by LovelyMay CHAPTER XV – Dawn O’Hara: The Girl Who Laughed begins with unwelcome news that sends a ripple of sadness through the boardinghouse—Herr and Frau Knapf have decided to shut down their establishment. Financial strain has made it impossible for them to continue, and the decision means everyone, including Dawn, must find new accommodations. The announcement shifts the tone of the house, where laughter once filled the halls, now replaced by packing boxes and quiet farewells. Dawn feels the loss deeply,…
    • CHAPTER XIV -Dawn O’Hara: The Girl Who Laughed Cover
      by LovelyMay CHAPTER XIV – Dawn O’Hara: The Girl Who Laughed begins in a week charged with unpredictability, as Dawn’s journalism assignments carry her from prison cells to posh drawing rooms. Her professional pace accelerates with every deadline, but a softer, more personal story is handed to her when she’s asked to interview Miss Alma Pflugel—an aging, unmarried woman facing eviction from her cherished home. The house, targeted for demolition to make way for a public library, is more than a dwelling; it is…
    • CHAPTER XIII -Dawn O’Hara: The Girl Who Laughed Cover
      by LovelyMay CHAPTER XIII – Dawn O’Hara: The Girl Who Laughed unfolds with quiet introspection, as Dawn examines the shifts in her understanding of love and commitment over the last decade. At twenty, she had believed in romance and rescue, but now, nearing thirty, she longs for steadiness, not a storm of emotions. With this clarity, she begins to pull back from Ernst von Gerhard, knowing that continued closeness could unravel the hard-earned control she’s managed to build around her fractured heart. Despite her…
    • CHAPTER XII -Dawn O’Hara: The Girl Who Laughed Cover
      by LovelyMay CHAPTER XII – Dawn O’Hara: The Girl Who Laughed opens on a note of quiet transformation, ushered in by the arrival of Bennie—a small boy with a big heart and an uncanny ability to connect with those around him. From the moment he enters the narrative, Bennie brings light where there had been shadow, reshaping the household dynamic with his sincerity and energy. A makeshift council forms around him, where Dawn takes the lead as protector, Frau Nirlanger becomes his emotional anchor, Blackie offers…
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