Along with Jamie and my mother, Laura died at approximately four in the afternoon. It was almost two hours later that Mrs. Hamilton, a neighbor from across the street, saw my father drive away. During those long two hours in which he remained in the house, my father washed my mother's body and arranged her neatly on the bed. After that, he made a ham sandwich and ate it at the table in the kitchen. He drank a cup of coffee, leaving both the plate and the cup in the sink. He didn't pack anything, because he left with nothing. He didn't reenter either Laura's of Jamie's room. He made no attempt to clean up the frightful mess that had been made of them. And yet, for no apparent reason, he remained in the house for a full two hours. What had he been waiting for?
- ISBN10 1560547073
- ISBN13 9781560547075
- Publish Date 1 June 1993 (first published 21 April 1993)
- Publish Status Cancelled
- Out of Print 4 August 2016
- Publish Country US
- Imprint MacMillan Publishing Company
- Edition Large type / large print edition
- Format Hardcover (Library Binding)
- Pages 407
- Language English