Unlike Stein, Esther languishes in her parents' home, rereading books from her childhood, while desultorily popping Vicodin and hoping to contract a chronic illness that will exempt her from life.
Once home, I reread them.
On the train home, I reread the thirty-fifth-anniversary edition of the "Mixed-Up Files," which I had picked up at the museum gift shop.
On the train back home, I reread Non-Stop and am struck by the description of the hunters in the "jungle, where the flies are ubiquitous and the heat unbearable", and wonder whether or not, actually, every one of his books has been about that time in some way.
Or you may simply sit at home, alone, rereading "The Raven" and awaiting a gentle tapping on your chamber door.
"Going home and quietly rereading the play was exactly what Horton would do," he continued.
[027] Many participants, involving both those with good and those with poor understanding, stated that they would have appreciated written information on thrombophilia and prevention, which they could reread at home.
I spend most Saturday nights at home in yoga pants, rereading favorite novels or watching old movies, or playing Monopoly Junior with my 7-year-old.
So when I got home I sat down and reread "The Jungle Books," recently reprinted by Penguin because of a new film about Mowgli, the "Man-cub" reared by wolves.
I'll be what I am and I'll do what I want to do.' The book that children have reacted to most strongly, though, is 'Where the Wild Things Are.' They wear out copies at libraries and keep rereading it at home.
