50,000 Words in November

50,270 WORDS!!!!!

It was the only memory of comfort he carried out of Africa when he left two months later.

50,000 Words in November

47,882 words

Savannah stopped breathing.  Bo kept talking. 

50,000 Words in November

45,882 words

“I forgot. I cannot read it.  No pictures,” she said.

50,000 Words in November

45,229 words

“It is not your concern,” Harp’s mother told him at least once a day.  “These are matters for the greedy, not the brave.” 

50,000 Words in November

43,748 words

“We have air conditioning,” Lulu said, with no attempt to temper her pride. 

50,000 Words in November

41,327 words

At last - he had a face. 

50,000 Words in November

39,417 words

After her parents drowned on the night they drove their car into a low water crossing during a hurricane-strength storm, none of them ever went back to Georgia.

50,000 Words in November

36,860 words

“This is not your baby!”  Sissy was yelling in a whisper, holding her face so close to Lulu’s, her hot breath seemed to make a fire crackle beneath the words.  

50,000 Words in November

34,516 words

They saw blood on her arms, the ghost in her hands, heard the devil in her voice, understood the words of her mouth:  Holy Spirit.  They ran. 

50,000 Words in November

33,115 words

"I am remembering it only as my mother has told it." 

50,000 Words in November

31,945 words

Her name meant pearl in Swahili, and she did, indeed, know how to take life's dirt and turn it into something desirable. 

50,000 Words in November

30,165 words

“I do.”  And he was gone.

50,000 Words in November

26,231 words - only 128 words today - boo!

  It was impossible to turn away such a gracious concession from Harp's mother.

50,000 Words in November

26,103 words

The silence between the two women created a vacuum that seemed to consume all the breathable air.

50,000 Words in November

25,110 words!!! (halfway)

“I wish I were not dying with this news.  I would have preferred to live with it a while.” 

50,000 Words in November

22,611 words

From the middle of her bed, propped up on pillows and still under the mosquito net, Savannah could tell Harp was right about the morning.  It was glorious. 

50,000 Words in November

19,666 words

Before the duckling was served, everyone was drunk.

50,000 Words in November

17,867 words

The children ran toward him in a single wave of motion, as if they were all tied together at the waist with invisible string. 

50,000 Words in November

16,196 words

“I am saying my experience is very limited,” Harp replied as his face broke into the radiant joy that Savannah believed was beamed to the universe every time he smiled. 

50,000 Words in November

14,506 words

 “I did so want to stay in Africa.”