... was precisely the sort of home Carl would build, he thought - blunt, tidy, gruffly respectable, and offering no affront to the world, though at the same time inviting nobody. It sat back fifty yards from the road on three acres of alfalfa, strawberries, raspberries, and orderly vegetable gardens- (Guterson, 69). This description of Carl Heine's home, realistic as most physical descriptions ... in just that way. I hate you with all my heart, he wrote, I hate you, Hatsue, I hate you always. It was at this point that he ripped the sheet from his writing pad, crumpled it, and threw it into ...

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