#BookoftheDay: Five Smooth Stones (1966) Author: Ann Fairbairn Pages: 853 "But there was something other than the wholeness, something that marred that joy, and she kept silent about this, afraid that voicing it would give it strength. She had not felt it before, although she had sensed it in David and tried to convince him that it was false. Now she knew it was not false, that it was real and valid, and it came between them when she least wanted it, hovering over a table where they ate, her couch when they lay together, walking beside them as they strolled through a London park, her hand reaching up to tuck itself beneath his arm. Fear." (p. 487) NOTE: The edition I own has no cover art; the title page is shown on the right. On the left is the cover of the first edition. #FiveSmoothStones #AnnFairbairn #Americanliterature #book #books #novel