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Light of Day J A M I E M . S A U L This is Marjorie Braman’s book “The end of man is knowledge, but there is one thing he can’t know. He can’t know whether knowledge will save him or kill him.” —Robert Penn Warren, All the King’s Men Contents Epigraph i Part One 1 I The road into Gilbert, Indiana, is U.S. 40. It’s the… 3 II When Jack Owens yawned, his left hand knocked the video-cassette… 6 III The morgue smelled of death and chemicals and pre-embalmed odors. 14 IV Jack was in his office. He didn’t hear the door… 26 V The expression on Lois’s face wasn’t pitying or patronizing, just… 34 VI The office was small. There was buzzing from dim fluorescent… 41 VII I’m very sorry about your son. I know the last… 61 VIII It wasn’t Danny in the casket, it was only an… 73 IX Jack could see the garden outside the windows of his… 79 Part Two 85 X Jack stepped outside, took the paper from Foulk and looked… 87 XI Each morning when he called his father, Jack never said… 102 XII He was lying on his bedroom floor naked and sweating,… 126 XIII The red light on the answering machine had not been… 135 XIV He sat under an oak tree by the creek with… 145 XV Jack felt as though he were wreathed in numbness, as… 154 XVI He wasn’t Jack. He wasn’t Dr. Owens, but the creation… 170 XVII Lois sat at her desk, stockinged feet curled under her. 180 XVIII It was six months before Danny’s third birthday when Anne… 205 XIX He wasn’t the Jack Owens who married Anne Charon and… 226 XX The office door was open and there was movement inside. 236 XXI Marty was waiting downstairs, leaning against the side of the… 247 Part Thre 265 XXII Jack took a step back, hitting his leg against a… 267 XXIII It was Brian’s idea to cut school. He said they… 280 XXIV They went to Danny’s house, the only house they knew… 293 XXV The sun was shining above the ruins. Jack could smell… 315 XXVI The morning paper was on the front porch. There were… 321 Acknowledgements About the Author Praise Credits Cover Copyright About the Publisher
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