Shudders pent up for ages were set free, too the wetness at the edges of her eyes.
One arm went around his neck and held him. The other reached far down his back, raking from there to his shoulder, and he dealt with his own released shudders.
Even in unremarkable stories, we are remarkable. Julian Monroe-the fourth of three children-learns the art of navigation on Lake Michigan, perfecting her trade aboard a Navy cruiser. But when she settles down, ferrying passengers between Maine and Nova Scotia, she questions her purpose, her life-navigational skills. The ability to chart a course and then steer is intrinsic-we have it or we do not. But sometimes the richest destinations are those mapped by the wandering or by the lost.