دانلود رمان انگلیسی “زندگی‌ فراموش‌نشدنی لارکین کار”، داستانی از سفر در زمان در میدل فالز

The last anonymous, normal day of Larkin Carr’s life started with rain and ended with everyone at Middle Falls Elementary knowing she was different. That morning, the rain had been falling since before dawn, heavy enough that Alice Carr made both Gunnar and little sister Larkin wear their raincoats, which they both hated. They were kids who had been born and raised in the rain and knew a little water wouldn’t hurt them at all. Still, Alice insisted. Larkin stood at the kitchen window, watching it come down in sheets, thinking about how the creek behind their house would be swollen and brown by afternoon. Gunnar said he wanted to go watch the creek and see how fast it was running, but their father Blake said no, it was too dangerous when the water was high. “Maybe after school,” Blake said, ruffling Gunnar’s hair. “If it clears up. I’ll see if I can get home from the station a little early.” Blake Carr was the station manager of KMFR radio, Middle Falls’ only radio station and the purveyor of the hits since the mid-fifties. “Or maybe not,” Alice said, casting a sharp look at Blake, who shrugged his shoulders apologetically. Alice worked part time at the Middle Falls library, but more than that, she was in charge of the Carr household and decided on things like whether the kids got to go to the creek when they got home from school. By the time they got to school, Larkin’s shoes were soaked through and her socks squished with every step. The hallways smelled like wet jackets and rubber boots. Mrs. Kearns’ classroom smelled like that too, plus there was chalk dust that hung in the air, and something else—the faint chemical smell of mimeograph ink that drifted in from the office down the hall.