| 单词 | aunt |
| 例句 | I get sad, too, because I think that the one girl will probably end up like my aunt Rebecca, and the one boy will probably end up like his dad. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z Among their voices but silent, I traced, then lost, the sounds of individual aunts in the surge of the common prayer. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z “Especially the part where he threatens to kill you and then blows up your aunt’s trailer.” Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z It didn’t make sense, but this woman looked exactly like his aunt. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z An antojo, one of the older aunts continues, is a very old Spanish word "from before your United States was even thought of," she adds tartly. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z The rink was very close to the home of Wes’s aunt, his father’s sister, so they decided to stop by to say hello. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z Charles married my aunt: he belonged to my master’s father-in-law, Mr. William Hamilton. Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass 1845-05-01T00:00:00Z You know every memory I have of all my grandparents and aunts and uncles and cousins. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z “I entered the stage door, conducted my rehearsal and returned to the hotel— three simple, normal acts denied to my aunt in 1939,” DePreist recalled. The Voice That Challenged a Nation: Marian Anderson and the Struggle for Equal Rights 2004-05-25T00:00:00Z At any rate, Luke was amused, his aunt grateful, and Dr. Montague more than satisfied. The Haunting of Hill House 1959-10-01T00:00:00Z I was sure Mother would have told every brother, cousin, aunt and uncle the story she had told Erin: that I was possessed, dangerous, taken by the devil. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z He shook hands with Mrs. Bessie and, because his uniform made him feel grown up, he kissed Cilia goodbye just as he had the Sunday before seen Rab kiss his aunt. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z If Death owns half of my aunt, then I will sell my whole self to it. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z While Mama and Papa began cleaning up the apartment, the kids helped their aunt and uncle pack up. The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z We could smoke and no great aunt would smell us and croak. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z But now, my world has ballooned and in it are these three cousins, and my aunt, too. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z “You’re telling me. They called off the neighborhood search when your aunt got through to your mom.” Better Nate Than Ever 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z We had lost cousins, aunts, uncles, and friends. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z After his victory in Poughkeepsie, he had journeyed alone to Pennsylvania, where he visited his uncle Sam and aunt Alma Castner, who had taken him in all those years before, when his mother died. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z So I call my aunt, the Garden Disciple. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z ‘I customarily killed old women. I used to kill my aunts....The women were afraid of me....Now, here with the whites, I have become weak.’ Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z Marian’s aunt Mary sang in the senior choir. The Voice That Challenged a Nation: Marian Anderson and the Struggle for Equal Rights 2004-05-25T00:00:00Z “My aunt gave them to me, but really, I’m too old for finger painting.” The One and Only Ivan 2012-01-17T00:00:00Z Now I wasn’t worried about soiling it; I just wanted to help my aunt. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z My aunt continued to be her sweet self with me only until her boyfriend got out of jail. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z They were my aunts and uncles, but some of them I hadn’t seen since I was a child. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z I had meant to take a picture of my father and his aunt the moment they met. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z One of the dancers at the San Francisco Opera House said so, so maybe I'll be a schoolteacher like my aunt and have the whole summer off. Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z It was the home's guest quarters, which doubled as my aunt Geneva's sewing room. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z I remember having a huge argument with one of my aunts when I tried to make her believe that a whale was a mammal, not a fish. My Life with the Chimpanzees 1988-03-01T00:00:00Z But his polite regrets didn’t impose upon her, and when she galloped away with the Count, she saw Laurie sit down by her aunt with an actual expression of relief. Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z And if her aunt should find out, then her father would know, too. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z No, she did not accuse him; but she accused her aunt, and this from the moment she understood that her aunt had loved her mother, but did not love him. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z “If our aunts and uncles are alive, we will be with them soon.” First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z We went to my aunt’s house for dinner to let him cool off. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z “He went to stay with his elderly aunt Bernice,” Hazel responded primly. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z I feel terribly sorry for my girl cousins and my other great aunts because they don’t really have the bushes option, especially when it’s cold. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z But then her sorrowful gaze turned to Doha’s maternal aunt and uncle. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z My aunt Geneva's sister was Vanna White's neighbor and arranged the meet and greet. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z “It’s really good of you to do this....They’re through here, my aunt and uncle and cousin....” Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z “Maybe she lives near the movie theater. She could have seen you sneaking in and out of there. Perhaps she even thought she was doing a good deed when she called the poor boy's aunt.” The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z You couldn’t even secretly have a romantic passion for an aunt. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z Lupita, who sagged with fatigue in her chair, watched her aunt lumber over to the bed in the corner and grab the two small children in it. Lupita Mañana 1981-03-21T00:00:00Z The García girls left on that flight, as did my grandparents, uncles, and aunts and their families; then Lucinda and Susie; and finally, a few days ago, Sam and his mom. Before We Were Free 2002-08-13T00:00:00Z "A red hat?" the aunt said, and in her wonder she loosened her hold on the girl, who quickly slipped away. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z “Such a home, indeed! such an aunt!” said Emma, as she turned back into the hall again. Emma 1815-12-23T00:00:00Z “It was my aunt’s place. She’s dead, I think. We...we weren’t very close.” Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z If I want to learn what clothes my aunt wore, whether flashy or ordinary, I would have to begin, “Remember Father’s drowned-in-the-well sister?” The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z My cousin Matthew bought a motorcycle and my aunt Patricia is not pleased about that. If I Stay 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z I thought she didn’t want her aunt, Mrs. Manfred, to know. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z And it shocked her to discover the woman her aunt was pointing out. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z Later still, when I overcame my grief and came to have nothing in my heart but loathing despair, my youngest aunt told me of others. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z She wrote a memoir about her childhood called Period Piece, in which she described her grandmother Emma, her Darwin aunts and uncles, and Down House. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z Her aunt was staring at her, as if really seeing her for the first time. The Devil's Arithmetic 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z “Actually,” my aunt said as I began tearing away the wrapping paper, “it’s from your grandfather.” Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z “After they kicked me out,” said Jule, “my aunt and I left New York.” Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z Startled, Lupita opened her eyes and saw her aunt pressing her hand to her chest. Lupita Mañana 1981-03-21T00:00:00Z “Oh, it brings back memories! Sweet memories. Your aunt Florentine would have loved all this, wouldn’t she?” Each Little Bird That Sings 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z I was left with my aunt and uncle, and we sat on the verandah. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z In a drugstore she buys a Timex watch for her father-in-law, Bic pens for her cousins, embroidery thread and thimbles for her mother and her aunts. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z "No. I mean, yes. My aunt, but she's not really waiting. She doesn't know I'm coming." The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z He turned to see, entering the door, his father, his mother, and his aunt. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z My aunts, uncles, cousins, and I are all a product of the life she lived and the life she bravely chose not to live. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z “I also have two brothers and a sister. A pair of widowed aunts. Nieces, nephews, cousins. I had thought you might consent.. ” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z It seemed like she had aged in four days as many years as there were between me and my dead aunts and grandmothers. Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z “I am so sorry, sir, but I haven’t my aunt’s spiritual powers. There is no one else here. But I do know someone, a man in Sissonville, who might be able to...” Missing May 1992-03-01T00:00:00Z The aunts in Hong Kong said to send money quickly; their children were begging on the sidewalks, and mean people put dirt in their bowls. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z He wanted to ask his aunt to tell him the truth, to say so if his mother was dead. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z “But I believe miracles totally work? I know my aunt was cured of cancer in her church?” Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z I’m dizzy as I walk up the stairs to my aunt’s place. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z Growing up, Ifemelu did not feel like an only child because of the cousins, aunts, and uncles who lived with them. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z I didn’t believe for a minute that her aunt wouldn’t let her come back to school. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z Having never heard such delighted noises from her relatives before, the girl got out of bed and was astonished to see her old aunt and uncle dancing with firewood around a large pot. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z In African culture, the sons and daughters of one’s aunts or uncles are considered brothers and sisters, not cousins. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z There was Earth and there the coming war, and there hundreds of thousands of mothers or grandmothers or fathers or brothers or aunts or uncles or cousins. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z I tell David about the fox I saw with a gray body and a red head, and he tells me about his aunt’s Siamese cat that yowls just for the pure joy of making noise. Shiloh 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z To get a sense of how daunting that figure was, the value of the Centenary scholarship my aunt won was probably as much as the sum of my grandparents’ annual salaries. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z “Apologize to your aunt. Don’t start a row the minute you get home.” Go Set a Watchman: A Novel 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z His father, a nervous type, was afraid to take him again, in case something were to happen, and left him with his aunt and uncle in Concord. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z What if they tell my aunt and she is even angrier? American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z She was done talking about her aunt, but it didn’t matter because I already knew enough. Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z “My father is missing. My grandmother died on that train. I cannot find any of my aunts. Yente and Rachel are gone.” The Devil's Arithmetic 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z My great aunts and my cousins and their children and everyone were also smiling. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z My aunt Tracy had a heart of gold. Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z “You were right about your aunt and uncle, Starr. They ain’t too bad. Your grandma kinda cool too.” The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z "What happened when you were left all alone with the aunt? Wasn't she nice to you?" Matilda 1988-10-01T00:00:00Z I was just cleaning up a few things for my aunt. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z I don’t believe her, because this thing with Uncle Q is a much heavier burden than this aunt they hardly know. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z I've no problems with my aunt, who spends her life fighting for important causes like women's rights and the end of poverty. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z All my aunts and uncles talked it over as if they were choosing a prep-school for me and finally said, "Why--ye-es" with very grave, hesitant faces. The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z The aunt promises to take care of the baby. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z Later, on the day the news came from Shadrach’s aunt, Jethro sat with his father and the editor in the yard just outside the cabin door. Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z “I’ve got all this makeup my aunt gave me for my birthday, but I don’t really know how to put it on.” George 2015-08-25T00:00:00Z Sometimes my aunts and uncles would look at me and gently slap their cheeks, awestruck by the fact that I looked just like her. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z Of course his aunt would not have done the same thing with a blond Russian. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z And Curt said it was not about race, it was just that his aunt was hyperaware of difference, any difference. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z There are three aunts who live near us. Sarah, Plain and Tall 1985-04-25T00:00:00Z My aunt had asked me to go to Ohio with her so I could babysit her children. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z I picked it up; my aunt was on the line. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z “She was just passing light. Your family from Virginia knew, though. Her mother had worked for your aunt.” Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z She has aunts and uncles in Bastrop chopping cotton with the short hoe and pulling the long sack.” The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z “Yes. You know what my aunts call my mom? They call her Chole.” Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe 2012-02-21T00:00:00Z I loved looking at pictures, especially pictures of all those uncles and aunts I had never met. Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z After all, in order to join her husband, she had left her parents, aunts, uncles, cousins, and in-laws in Narewka. The Boy on the Wooden Box 2013-08-27T00:00:00Z “You told me that my aunt Veronica was in love with your friend.” Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z How could my aunt just leave me here in the kitchen—is this how you treat family in America? American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z Like my aunt Mavis used to say, a whistling girl and a cackling hen had better know when to call it quits. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z For my mom, my aunt, my grandmother, and all the other women on our street, life centered on faith. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z My aunt ushered us out of that coal shed towards the big house. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z "Nah, man. My aunt said she was taking us all to church this afternoon, and me and PJ said we had to get home and catch up on schoolwork." Miracle's Boys 2000-04-23T00:00:00Z Carl lived with his mother, my aunt Tracy, but she was at bingo down to the church, so we had their house to ourselves. Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z The policeman told my mom that my aunt Helen had passed away. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z She’d explained to me that she had to go to her aunt’s. The Stranger 1989-03-13T00:00:00Z These were aunts and cousins and other relatives, and they all had large huts where they kept all their property and ate their meals at night. The Girl Who Married a Lion: and Other Tales from Africa 2004-12-07T00:00:00Z I remember when my pregnant mother awoke from a nap and found my aunt and Dusty sitting close together watching television. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z He lives in southern New Jersey with my aunt Pam and their two daughters. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z She wished she were fluent in Hausa and Yoruba, like her uncle and aunt and cousin were, something she would gladly exchange her French and Latin for. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z My aunt Helen had many problems with men and boys. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z My Dear Mentor, Please make my adieux to your aunt, and exult within yourself, for ‘Lazy Laurence’ has gone to his grandpa, like the best of boys. Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z My mother has been the only family I’ve known my whole life, and here, in my aunt’s arms, my world feels bigger, warmer. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z She could remember several aunts, and she hadn't gotten along particularly well with any of them. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z “Our aunt and our great-grandma should be rocking on this porch together. Not sending poison pen letters back and forth through you.” Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z After James Henry Trotter had been living with his aunts for three whole years there came a morning when something rather peculiar happened to him. James and the Giant Peach 1961-11-01T00:00:00Z Lola disengaged from her aunt and wiped her face with her napkin. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z Doha could see they were standing next to each other, his aunt’s hands wrapped tight around her husband’s arm. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z Her aunt had said brown; the beauticians said black but Violet had never seen a light-skinned person with coal-black eyes. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z “This fine account of him,” whispered her aunt as they walked, “is not quite consistent with his behaviour to our poor friend.” Pride and Prejudice 1813-01-28T00:00:00Z It was such a long time ago, when we visited my uncle’s and aunt’s farm in the countryside and I played with their neighbor’s daughter. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z And in all those forefathers and fore- mothers, aunts, uncles, and cousins, there was nobody like me. Ungifted 2012-08-21T00:00:00Z In spite of all his aunt’s shouting and ordering about, the boy always obeyed her, as his father said he must. The Girl Who Married a Lion: and Other Tales from Africa 2004-12-07T00:00:00Z The only women in my life were my mom and my grandmother and my aunt and my cousin. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z They detained him until my aunt and uncle bribed the police for his release. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z Ma would help Grandma and the aunts make good things to eat for all the people who were coming to the dance. Little House in the Big Woods 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z Before bed Anna wrote home to her aunt in Texas to tell her the excellent news. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z "I used to get up very early and go for walks while my aunt was still asleep," Miss Honey said. Matilda 1988-10-01T00:00:00Z “Ah — you must be Harry’s aunt and uncle!” Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z The aunts had gone to Bethlehem to help a distant cousin prepare for her wedding. Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z Among them came the boy’s aunt, who did not laugh. A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z “My aunt and uncle have been very kind.” The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z When I walk into the kitchen, my aunt is at the table sipping chai, and my mom is at the stove cooking. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z I have a family, loving aunts and a good home. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z Asha had left them at Ten Towers in the care of her aunts. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z That’s when I see the second cousins and great aunts and uncles whose names I barely recognize. If I Stay 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z “Say good morning to your aunt,” she commanded every morning. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z Bryan then headed into Fairfax, where he was seen with Hale, Ernest, and his visiting uncle and aunt, who went with him to watch the musical Bringing Up Father. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z “I make one for Moon Shadow, one for you, and one for your aunt,” he said. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z “Horrible — well, not all of them. My aunt and uncle and cousin are, though. Wish I’d had three wizard brothers.” Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z “We’re all going to be so proud of you today, dears,” the aunts told us. Cheaper by the Dozen 1948-01-01T00:00:00Z "It's the Ginseng Boy, and we're going to cook and eat it!" the aunt said. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z I suspected she felt bad about departing: If she hadn’t had a dinner date with my aunt, she would have stayed. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z Brave Orchid said to her children, “Why don’t you call your aunt too? Maybe she’ll hear us if all of you call out together.” The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z When she broke the news that her aunt Norma had terminal cancer a couple of years ago, she bought Popkenchurch. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z I had shrugged off my aunt and uncle’s strict Baptist teachings years before. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z The girl was very upset by this, and ran off to the house of her aunt and uncle. The Girl Who Married a Lion: and Other Tales from Africa 2004-12-07T00:00:00Z My aunt and her kids aren’t even going to be there until dinner, because she works and they go to some camp. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z They go wrong when they assume that a word with an apostrophe must be a possessive, like Bertie’s aunt. Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z He brushed past the outstretched hand of a wino and caught up to his aunt and cousins. The Contender 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z Celia noticed the tiny ivory buttons down her aunt’s spine, marveled at their uselessness. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z The spacious room was far from the prisonlike image his aunt Virginia had painted for him. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z And her aunt will then cry and lock herself in the bathroom. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z Voices and music float from New Clairmont, where the aunts and Granddad are eating blueberry pie and drinking port. We Were Liars 2014-05-13T00:00:00Z And how could she keep her aunt from knowing? Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z “Well” — the dragon looked down at the fish with a wry smile — “either one of us would be a very strange relative to you, Fish. Why did you think I was your aunt? ” Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z She knew her aunt needed to hold her. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z “You have to rise to the occasion,” he said to me, sneaking a look at my aunt. Kira-Kira 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z The sour aunt propped my calf on a footstool and knelt by it. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z “They have to be making it up. But why wouldn’t they make up something believable? I mean, his elderly aunt is named Bernice.” Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z Enrique will have to trust the priest to find him if his aunt and uncle call back. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z Lupita stared at her aunt in wonder and held her breath, waiting to hear what Salvador would say. Lupita Mañana 1981-03-21T00:00:00Z He j knew whose son I am, better than mine own aunt. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Despite the tumult of the times, I was a happy, chubby baby who slept through the night and was loved by an extended family full of aunts, uncles, cousins, and grandmas. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z I could hear the soothing voices of my mother and aunt, chatting outdoors in the still, heavy air. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z The woman I assume is Amalia's aunt is already extending her hand to take my suitcase. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z His aunts and uncles, parents and grandparents align themselves against one another. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z My aunt was thrilled to hear about me and told Gay how she and Lorraine had tried hard to parent me when I was a baby. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z My family— Grandmother, Mother, Daddy, and my brother, Conrad, plus most of my aunts and uncles—had gathered at Fair Park for a Fourth of July picnic. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Maybe this is where orphans go when they don’t have aunts and uncles?” Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z “I don't think your aunt and uncle would like that.” Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z Jack learned his aunt had been married two years before she was deported to Auschwitz and had since been reunited with her husband. Surviving Hitler: A Boy in the Nazi Death Camps 2001-03-01T00:00:00Z Besides, his weekends would be his own to spend at his aunt Maria Teresa and his uncle Leandro’s house. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z I realize I’m standing behind the desk, which makes it appear I’m a friend of Mr. Reilly’s, instead of a rich kid visiting his aunt in the building. Landscape with Invisible Hand 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z Her brother, Carlos, was away at college before the time Mabel and I became friends, so I've only met him a few times but..."You're going to be an aunt," I say. We Are Okay 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z My mother’s aunt hadn’t taken her in out of charity. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z Yes, at ten, I am an aunt twice over. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Our aunt Kay, we tell him, lives in New York City and maybe we will, too, someday. Brown Girl Dreaming 2014-08-28T00:00:00Z "How old was the aunt when she moved in?" she asked. Matilda 1988-10-01T00:00:00Z It was because the night after my youngest aunt’s wedding, I began to know a thing before it happened. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z An aunt carried cups of the tea on two trays balanced on her shoulders with a stick for anyone to take. Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z For once, JimmyTrotter didn’t want to be around for the fussing between his aunts. Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z His mama, my aunt Goldie, pulled into the front parking lot in a long blue car with fins on the back for taillights. Each Little Bird That Sings 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z Her mother was dead, her father banished, and she lived in the shadow of her aunt. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z As we started to walk away, I decided I could not let my aunt handle the fight solo, so I turned around to face Lateshia while keeping an eye on her older brother. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z In each of their evil eyes, I saw the reflection of the fire from the cross that was burning on my aunt’s lawn. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z “My abuela was right in making my aunt do that. I mean, the Cuban guy was rich and the street activist she had been in love with ended up in jail.” Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z She cannot live with her aunt Gloria, who is in financial distress, without helping. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z With only a little rice for everyone in the family to eat, Nguyen’s aunt gave her a blanket and told her to sell it and buy some food. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z As she worked around the house that morning, Lupita thought about her aunt in the United States and wished they could ask her for money. Lupita Mañana 1981-03-21T00:00:00Z About a month in, he allowed Citra to attend her aunt’s wedding. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z There’s a crowd of people behind her—aunts, uncles, cousins, and people I either don’t know or don’t remember. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z “Boy, are you reading for law?” my aunt would demand. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z Her aunt and uncle talking in the kitchen long after she went to bed. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z He said, “I got a gay aunt, we just found out. She just told my mother at Thanksgiving.” The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z “Stop following me around!” she shouted at her aunt. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z My own self-discipline was reinforced by my aunt Phathiwe, who lived in the Great Place and scrutinized my homework every night. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Besides all that, Julia’s aunt and uncle—the people she lived with across the canyon—were black. 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z My sisters and I actually made up this place called the Shoreo a few years ago one night when we were staying at our aunt's house. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z At the beach with my mother and my aunt. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z “Hendrik and Hanni named him General, but their aunt and uncle said the people they bought the farm from called him Mole. He lived in a culvert. I like the name Mole.” Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z In the village where Jack’s sister, Jadzia, had lived with their aunt and uncle while caring for their baby, Jack was able to learn his sister’s fate from neighbors. Surviving Hitler: A Boy in the Nazi Death Camps 2001-03-01T00:00:00Z "Pulling down table-cloths, screaming, running away. Do you know that your aunt and uncle have been thrown out of their hotel?" The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z She cursed her aunt and uncle—what could they have been thinking of to bring the child here? Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z I met a cool aunt and her nice roommate, and I might not have seen Wicked, or my own reflection without new zits, but it was still an adventure. Better Nate Than Ever 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z Though my aunts and uncles tried to make it festive with loud music and a giant feast of tamales and roasted goat, Olga’s absence floated silently around us. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z That night, as Olanna lay on her uncle and aunt’s bed, she watched Arize through the thin curtain that hung on a rope attached to nails on the wall. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z At home, the aunts had drawn the older girls aside and warned us that soon we would be señoritas who must guard our bodies like hidden treasure and not let anyone take advantage. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z “But John Reed knocked me down, and my aunt shut me up in the red-room.” Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z “My aunt told you to look for us.” The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z I’m not about to remind my aunt that this is supposed to be the land of freedom. Before We Were Free 2002-08-13T00:00:00Z That night, I went to sleep in a cozy bed at my aunt's house, while my parents slept on the floor of the same bedroom. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z And I know that my aunt Helen would still be alive today if she just bought me one present like everybody else. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z "I don't have any. I live with my aunt." The Contender 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z “Either the police, or my aunt,” Prosper added. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z Was he involved with our mother, our aunt, our sister? Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z Four weeks were to pass away before her uncle and aunt’s arrival. Pride and Prejudice 1813-01-28T00:00:00Z “Boy, nobody’s stalking you. I’m here to see my aunt.” On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z “I didn’t even know he had an elderly aunt,” she said, after Hazel told her what had happened. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z “Maybe your aunt can talk to your mom?” Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z His tenant’s grandmother or aunt or something had moved in there and the rent was long overdue. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z One of my aunts had to hide in the back of a truck with her husband and two young children until they were driven miles to the Iran-Pakistan border. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z At first, he shares the front bedroom with an aunt, Mirian, twenty-six. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z She looks, in fact, just like my aunt, from all those photos Heidi’s hiding under the coffee table. Better Nate Than Ever 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z He winked at the girls, kissed his aunt on top of her head, and cakewalked around the kitchen table. The Contender 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z Letters arrive from her parents, from her husband’s parents, from aunts and uncles and cousins and friends, from everyone, it seems, but Ashima’s grandmother. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z When Jean Louise felt apprehensive, expectant, or on edge, especially when confronting her aunt, her brain clicked to the meter of Gilbertian tomfoolery. Go Set a Watchman: A Novel 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z We stayed with my aunt Shaina, now known as Jenny, for a few weeks before moving into a one-bedroom apartment in the building where my uncle Morris, my mother's brother, lived. The Boy on the Wooden Box 2013-08-27T00:00:00Z “What did your aunt and uncle say about me, Dana?” Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z Of course he and my aunt would love the idea of a teenager suddenly living with them. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z There were aunts, uncles, cousins — the home behind the red gate doors was really a village of relatives. Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z “We talked about it, and he also asked if I wanted to talk to my aunt about it. So I did a video call with her, and she explained a lot to me. That helped.” A Soft Place to Land 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z “Your aunt Dorothy lives in Birmingham. There’s a school for coloreds there. It's good too, according to your aunt.” The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z “As soon as my aunt gets well, I shall go abroad,” said he. Emma 1815-12-23T00:00:00Z “No, I’m not...I mean, I am, but it’s that, you know, we’re in front of my aunt’s place.” Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z He knew that different people prayed in different ways: had his aunt always prayed in such a silence? Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z “And someday,” Mami continues, “we will be free, and all your cousins and aunts and uncles will come back and thank us.” Before We Were Free 2002-08-13T00:00:00Z Sustained by her aunt’s visit, Kit was able to face the morrow with less panic. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z I don't have aunts and uncles and cousins. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z At breakfast and lunch and dinner my father and I called her “Ah-juh-ma,” literally aunt, but more akin to “ma’am,” the customary address to an unrelated Korean woman. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z Emma’s sister Elizabeth was still there, and she and their aunts had hoped that Emma would be healed by the birth. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z Next to Brave Orchid sat Moon Orchid’s only daughter, who was helping her aunt wait. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z “One of them threw an empty whiskey bottle through my aunt’s window. Fortunately, the window was open. But does that sound very intelligent to you?” Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z The whole family was gathered around the TV, even my great aunts, who never watch football. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z “You can't do that to a poor aunt unless you have a special dispensation from the Pope.” One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z Finally, he enters the house, picks open the lock to a bedroom door, then jimmies the back of his aunt’s armoire with a knife. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z At that moment, Andrew’s aunt stumbled up to the fire and sat down heavily. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z When Poppy was a boy, he’d been lowered into a village well on ropes because his aunts and uncles wanted to know what was down there. Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z “Put on some lipstick,” said her aunt, meeting her in the hall. Go Set a Watchman: A Novel 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z "So you grew up in that house alone with your aunt," Matilda said. Matilda 1988-10-01T00:00:00Z She buys a duffel bag at a dollar store that hired her aunt to fill in. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z George and his eight-year-old sister, Phoebe, had spent two months in England with their aunt Daisy. I Survived the Sinking of the Titanic, 1912 2010-06-01T00:00:00Z I wanted to have meaningful conversations with my grandma and aunts that captured my sassy humor and penchant for sarcasm, but I couldn't communicate much beyond the usual Farsi phrases: "Delam yekzareh shodeh." Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z Pappachi agreed to let her spend the summer with a distant aunt who lived in Calcutta. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z “Mr. Benedict told me he was an orphan. When his parents died, he was sent here from Holland to live with his aunt. Mr. Curtain must have been sent somewhere else.” The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z The father listened and told the story to the aunt, who scoffed at the boy. The Girl Who Married a Lion: and Other Tales from Africa 2004-12-07T00:00:00Z Ben’s great aunt told him the truth about priests and nuns. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z “Well, apparently there’s a friend of my aunt’s who wants to buy it.” Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe 2012-02-21T00:00:00Z Or if the aunt wants to find the baby? P.S. I Miss You 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z Surely, it had to be one of those letters that my father and aunt had found as kids, that made them think their father was a liar and a cheat. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z In the end, I don't stay the night at Amalia’s aunt's hotel. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z Her aunt, who wore a man’s straw hat, shone the flashlight on the road, and an old, battered brown truck drew up to the mailbox and stopped. Lupita Mañana 1981-03-21T00:00:00Z “And what are you doing out without your coats? Jack, I thought you were with your elderly aunt Bernice?” Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z We don’t look back, but I know it’s him, because I can smell the sweet cologne his aunt makes him wear. Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z I told him I was going to Tiburon to visit my aunt and Rosaleen was coming to do housework for her. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z I’m in awe of my aunt’s alchemy with words. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z She says, Go up and tell them your aunt is down here waiting for you and you’ll be an hour late. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z Put on your clothes and run over for your aunt Aggie. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z My aunt Anne in her nurse's uniform, my aunt Ada in her university sweater Buckeye to the hone . Brown Girl Dreaming 2014-08-28T00:00:00Z Joe, now nine, standing by her side, felt again what he had first felt in his aunt’s attic in Pennsylvania five years before—the same coldness, fear, and insecurity. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z My aunt looks at my four big suitcases and her face falls. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z My aunt thought it would look good if I flicked the bracelet while singing. Lost Boy, Lost Girl 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z She could just go on like this, like a woman from old-fashioned times, a maiden aunt, some aging perennial girl who never leaves home. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z We lived in a basement apartment in Brooklyn, which I doubt you remember, down the street from Uncle Ben and his wife, your aunt Janai. Between the World and Me 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z I hope my aunts bring over more food. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z “Since yesterday, Prospers aunt has been distributing posters all over Venice,” Victor explained, “with a picture of Prosper and Bo.” The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z Her aunt held her tight and began to beat her on the back with her fists. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z Heat pressed in on me like an aunt I didn’t want to hug. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z My aunt fled the scene, leaving us alone in the study, where we’d been sorting through a mountain of old financial records. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z An aunt came into the room and told me it was time I should leave. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z An aunt urges Maria Isabel to go to the United States, alone. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z “I do not know. Mrs. Bennet and Lydia are going in the carriage to Meryton. And so, my dear sister, I find, from our uncle and aunt, that you have actually seen Pemberley.” Pride and Prejudice 1813-01-28T00:00:00Z Maudie was an orphan who lived with two maiden aunts who worked at home. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z Yes, I would pose as an innocent boy; I would tell him that my aunt was taking me and my paralyzed mother to Chicago. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z Now that I’m older and I’ve taken the trouble to get to know her, mostly through my aunts and uncles, I know she was none of those things. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z She got up to clear the table, and my aunts helped her. Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z To corroborate it, Agent Burger and a colleague had earlier traveled to Campbell, a town in northern Texas, where Ernest and Bryan’s aunt and uncle lived. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z The aunts and uncles push back their chairs and begin to tell stories. Before We Were Free 2002-08-13T00:00:00Z I cry for my aunts, who lost their firstborn children. We Were Liars 2014-05-13T00:00:00Z All the aunts and uncles brought their spouses and children, which meant the house was full of cousins of all ages running in and out. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z “I am on the way to Wethersfield to live with my aunt, Mistress Wood.” The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z He got a woman who was, according to an aunt of Emma’s, “an exception to every wife” in her devotion. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z “The little girl did her aunt and uncle a favor,” Auntie Meiya said slowly, her eyes closing. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z I said goodbye to my aunt and jumped in the van, and we took off to get me a passport. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z “Listen, Prosper,” he said tiredly, “perhaps I can talk to your aunt again...so that she could take you both...” The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z The villagers came to show my aunt and her lover-in-hiding a broken house. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z “Oh my, isn’t that wonderful?” said the aunt. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z “Go now. I will pray for you. Do not make any noise as you leave. Write me from your aunt’s house as soon as you have arrived. Now send Salvador in to me.” Lupita Mañana 1981-03-21T00:00:00Z The day seemed very short while Laura and Mary played in the big room and Ma helped Grandma and the aunts in the kitchen. Little House in the Big Woods 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z Kaisha was named after her grandmother; Rawiya shared a name with an aunt on her mother’s side; and Reg’s shortened name helped him feel like he wasn’t just a copy of his older brother. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z "I'm trying to get to my aunt's house. She lives on 174th Street." The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z My uncle, aunt, and cousins laughed so hard that they couldn’t stop for hours, even after the story had ended. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z “I guess I expected it, but it’s still unreal, you know? My aunt tells me they’ll get over it eventually. But I don’t know—I’ve never seen their faces like that.” Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z Their aunt was saying terrible things when they needed blessing. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z “You stay talking on the phone, and chewing with your mouth open, and cursing at the table. Don’t let your aunt fool you, Fab.” American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z So in one day, I went from having one aunt, one grandma, and a bunch of baby dolls to having a mother, a father, three baby sisters, and two younger brothers. Betty Before X 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z Robbie was my mother’s aunt and had been generous to her over many years, but to me she was kind of a terror. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z I spotted a few cars pull up and watched the procession of aunts and uncles walk toward our front door. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z I like to think my aunt Helen would now have that good job she was studying for. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z Why did she send Belky so much more, to cover tuition at a private school her aunt sent her to? Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z The aunts always teased Liyana’s family about living on “crumbs of bread and mint leaves.” Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z I found a cramped attic for my mother and aunt and brother behind some railroad tracks. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z My aunt works hard just to keep a roof over our heads, so I chip in as much as I can to help out with everything else. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z My other aunts and uncles were already there, having gone away with the younger cousins back in June. Before We Were Free 2002-08-13T00:00:00Z My aunt Alice and her boyfriend Rick were dead, along with everyone who had lived in our trailer, and in the trailers below and around it. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z One particular thing the aunt showed her, and eventually let Violet keep for a few weeks, was a picture of the girl’s face. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z “Sometimes when we had to go to my aunt’s for holidays.” Sparrow 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z She became Baby Kochamma when she was old enough to be an aunt. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z “He’s the smallest mouse I’ve ever seen,” said his aunt Florence. The Tale of Despereaux: Being the Story of a Mouse, a Princess, Some Soup and a Spool of Thread 2003-08-25T00:00:00Z I could hear the babies crying far off and voices calming them and Noris sobbing along with her aunt Mate, and all their grief pulled me back from mine. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Lovely Orchid, the youngest aunt, owned either a shoe store or a shoe factory in Hong Kong. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z “Maybe we ought to put your aunt in the middle of the street, and she can lie down with her leg bent under her.” The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z The aunts toyed with their food, silent and formal with one another beneath the littles’ shouts. We Were Liars 2014-05-13T00:00:00Z The sisters enjoyed traveling, and when they were nineteen and twenty-one, they went to Geneva, Switzerland, and spent eight months with their favorite aunt, Jessie, and her eccentric Italian husband, J. C. de Sismondi. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z Their name was Platt and there were a lot of them—four girls and two boys and the parents and their aunt who lived with them, too. My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z “You leave my aunt to me,” Robin said firmly. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z There was an invitation from an uncle and aunt to accompany them to New York. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z “Did you really blow up your aunt, Harry?” said Hermione in a very serious voice. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z Karl's away, visiting an aunt who lives on a farm in Ludelsen in order to bring home food for his family. The Boy Who Dared 2008-02-01T00:00:00Z There are lots of pictures of the handsome President Kennedy and his pretty wife, Jackie, who looks a little like my beauty-queen aunt, only paler and less made up. Before We Were Free 2002-08-13T00:00:00Z Was I really as bad as my uncles and aunts and Granny repeatedly said? Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z “It might even be a migraine. My aunts foot doctor used to get migraines, only they turned out not to be migraines at all. Do you know what they were?” Walk Two Moons 1994-06-30T00:00:00Z I remembered what my aunt had told me once. Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe 2012-02-21T00:00:00Z He remembered meeting the woman who said she was his aunt Alma. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z We were the people who not only lived next door to one aunt but down the block from another. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z So one morning, as the girl was rushing out the door, the aunt stopped her. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z My aunt is alone at the kitchen table. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z Liyana said, “I think he’s married to one of our aunts. He must have a different last name. But let’s not find out what it is right now, okay? My head is spinning!” Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z “I wonder . . . I believe our aunt would recover faster at our estate in Charleston. She could sit in the sun for hours and breathe the healthful air. Don’t you agree?” Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z We probably would have ended up with one of our aunts with papers, like some of the kids at school, or we would have gone back to Mexico with our parents. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z Her aunts seemed to be running back and forth with quick short steps and their voices came in short sentences. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z I remember how my aunt and cousins used to call us in Haiti to wish us a happy Thanksgiving. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z See, Bubeh was old and she had diabetes and couldn’t control me, and it wasn’t like my aunts were calling to check on me or anything like that. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z “Grandma, is that nasty old lady your aunt?” A Long Way from Chicago 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z In the doorway, she wraps me in her tan, muscular arms and holds me in the way only an aunt can, planting a kiss on my cheek that's both soft and firm. What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z I had once vowed that I would never call her aunt again: I thought it no sin to forget and break that vow now. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z The sour aunt smeared the goo on till it was used up and my ankle completely clagged. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z Her aunt informed him that she was not at home. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z “If the aunts and Granddad suspected us, they’d never prosecute,” adds Johnny. We Were Liars 2014-05-13T00:00:00Z The rest of us—my aunt, his two young sons, me—stood there, silently, cleaning the plates, averting our eyes. Tuesdays with Morrie 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z She considered herself a heel for ever having been sarcastic to her aunt, who in spite of her corsets had a certain defenselessness plus a certain fineness Jean Louise would never have. Go Set a Watchman: A Novel 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z “Listen, your aunt sounds like cool people,” Supreme says. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z If she and my aunt were anything like most teenagers, they probably were more interested in hanging out with friends than changing diapers. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z Going alone to find his aunt when his mom's just been taken away is totally brave. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z “Like my aunt used to say,” Elizabeth said, smiling timidly, “she used to say, folks sure better not do in the dark what they’s scared to look at in the light.” Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z He attacked it with his aunt Margie’s hot iron, hobbled it in a silk stocking every night, and slathered it with so much olive oil that flies trailed him to school. Unbroken 2010-11-16T00:00:00Z If my aunts catch me spending time with a boy, I’ll bring even more shame to Mother. Rickshaw Girl 2007-02-01T00:00:00Z She was going to a great church picnic with her aunt, and had come in to buy some lemons. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z She takes my hand and we sit on the couch where she first told me she was leaving Pluto because her aunt on her mom’s side had enough dough to take her in. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z "No! I have an aunt I never knew about, on a kibbutz." What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z I wonder what my aunt Rebecca says in the car on the way home. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z Amalia’s aunt's guesthouse has a painted porch and a cheerful sign hanging out front, assuring guests that they're open for the winter. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z There was an aunt that lived on the other side of Marshall, and I headed over that way. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Wes would often visit his paternal aunts, cousins, and grandparents when he went to Shake and Bake—they all lived in two houses on the same block. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z "Oh, it's just two of my aunts," I replied. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z In Campbell, agents stopped at the austere house of Bryan’s uncle and aunt. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z "It would be quite something if Barbarossa managed to move in with your aunt," Mosca said into the dark after some time. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z The old aunts lounge in the white wicker armchairs, flipping open their fans, snapping them shut. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z As a child I scarcely knew my aunts, uncles or cousins on my mother’s side. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z His aunt and uncle never spoke about them, and of course he was forbidden to ask questions. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z So it was with excitement and not a hint of misgiving that I waved good-bye to my grandparents, aunts, uncles, and cousins, ready to begin a new life. The Boy on the Wooden Box 2013-08-27T00:00:00Z At the mirror my aunt combed individuality into her bob. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z She felt completely justified in deceiving her aunt and uncle; they were narrow-minded and mistaken. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z “Then ’tis lucky we are eating late this morning,” said her aunt. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z Robin and I were sitting outside on the lawn swing behind the house where she and her aunt worked. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z The prospect of parting—probably forever—from his aunt, uncle, and cousin was one that he was able to contemplate quite cheerfully, but there was nevertheless a certain awkwardness in the air. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z “They’re visiting from the SkyWay complex down in Hartford,” he lied kindly, as if we were other rich kids here in the foyer waiting for our rich aunt. Landscape with Invisible Hand 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z Frisch, who had assisted his aunt with her experiments, had been evicted from the University of Hamburg under the Nazi racial laws, which barred Jews from high academic positions beginning in 1936. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z She looked at Ash, who was closing the front door, and added, “Unfortunately you are not invited; my aunt already has a lady’s maid and you are not needed.” Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z Every day this aunt would shout at him, and make a great noise that would frighten the birds. The Girl Who Married a Lion: and Other Tales from Africa 2004-12-07T00:00:00Z Her aunt had not wanted them to come to Indio at all. Lupita Mañana 1981-03-21T00:00:00Z “And my aunt Phillips is sure it would do me a great deal of good,” added Kitty. Pride and Prejudice 1813-01-28T00:00:00Z His favorite aunt lent him some money, and a short time later he bought passage on a ship bound for the Hawaiian Islands. Farewell to Manzanar 1973-01-01T00:00:00Z “Go on. But you’ve got to apologize to your aunt Goldie and Peach. I want today to be a peaceful day, Comfort.” Each Little Bird That Sings 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z “You’ll ruin your aunt’s life if you don’t. You can’t understand business begun in China. Just do what I say. Go.” The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z A couple of aunts came to visit, sitting outside on the threshold with Mother. Rickshaw Girl 2007-02-01T00:00:00Z Then she would call my aunt so she can beat me with her words. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z Even with her years of living in America, this is still true for my aunt. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z My aunt crawled along beside her, somehow still conscious despite the loss of blood. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z Dray does the same, but my aunt shoos him away as if he’s just a vagabon. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z “And,” Jessica added, her mouth quivering a bit, “I’m an aunt. I’ve thought about all three of you every single day. I didn’t know how to find you, but I never forgot about you.” Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z And in the process, he’d murdered my aunt, along with several of my neighbors, including sweet old Mrs. Gilmore, who had never hurt a soul. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z “I did. I was one of the lucky ones. Your aunt Aggie wasn’t so lucky.” The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z She says my aunt died the day before yesterday.' The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z “Seven generations back, yes. An aunt. Her brother is the one who carried on the Prior name.” Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z “No stinting, I see,” Luke said, taking up a fork with a gesture which would have confirmed his aunt’s worst suspicions. The Haunting of Hill House 1959-10-01T00:00:00Z Jack lost his aunt Hinda to cancer fifteen years after she came to Kansas City. Surviving Hitler: A Boy in the Nazi Death Camps 2001-03-01T00:00:00Z More deaths come, more telephone calls starde them in the middle of the night, more letters arrive in the mailbox informing them of aunts and uncles no longer with them. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z Stupid Zach called up some aunt of his, and the aunt called her friends. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z His father, his mother, his aunt, Elisha—all were far above him, waiting, watching his torment in the pit. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z My mom—overweight; my brother—overweight; my sister—overweight; my aunt, yeah, you guessed it—overweight! The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z But Elizabeth was not for a moment fooled, and did not, for as long as she lived with her, fail to despise her aunt. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z “My aunt gets her eyebrows waxed all the time. How different can it be?” Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z I didn’t recognize the baby, so I glanced at what my aunt had written underneath the first picture: Dee holding Amanda, three months old. Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z “I had an aunt live down this way too. Name of Pilate. Pilate Dead. Ever hear of her?” Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z But he couldn't help looking around as if he expected his aunt to be lurking in the crowd, just waiting for her chance to grab Bo. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z “I live with my aunt. She’s an extremely kind person. Since the death of my mother, she’s done everything within her power to make Charles and me feel adjusted.” Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z My mom usually helps her aunt prepare the food, which my grandfather always says is “too dry” even if it’s soup. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z “It’s such a sad situation. The children’s parents are both dead. No uncles, no aunts, no living relatives.” The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z “When you get older, Mother and the aunts will tell you not to talk to boys, too. They’ll say it’s not proper.” Rickshaw Girl 2007-02-01T00:00:00Z “How much could a truck like that possibly cost? Assuming your aunt didn’t buy it for him in the first place.” The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z Fadi had hoped that by some miracle Mariam would have turned up at their aunt and uncle’s clinic, but it hadn’t happened. Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z "You mean she is your aunt? She brought you up?" Matilda 1988-10-01T00:00:00Z Haupt told his mother, aunt, and uncle about his travels to Mexico, Japan, and Germany. Nazi Saboteurs 2019-12-03T00:00:00Z “My aunt said I could stay with her. Anyway, don’t you have to ask your dad first?” Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z My aunt had tried to come to the cemetery, but she collapsed right before we left the house. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z They’d put the bad mouth on their aunt’s first American day; you had to sweeten their noisy barbarous mouths. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z "Please come and see me. . . . Phone book. . . . Under the name of Mrs. Sigourney Howard. . . . My aunt. . . ." The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z Annies aunt Catherine Darwin said of her that she was “always so candid and kind-hearted.” Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z With voice and hand he made the Opening spell which his aunt had taught him long ago; it was the prize among all her stock of spells, and he wove it well now. A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z “Master Lockton will settle his aunt’s account at the end of the week,” I said. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z “Er — yes, Harry — about this cupboard. Your aunt and I have been thinking ... you’re really getting a bit big for it... we think it might be nice if you moved into Dudley’s second bedroom.” Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z I almost always took this route when leaving or returning to my aunt’s trailer. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z Seeing those crisscrossing lines and black dots makes me feel like I'll make it to my aunt's home. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z When we arrived, my aunt was crying loudly, her face contorted with grief. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z “My aunt always brings this cake for our Fourth of July barbeque where she puts strawberries and blueberries on whipped cream to make an American flag,” Emily says. Amina's Voice 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z My aunts argued too, and the younger children started to cry. Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z He lay on his aunt's bed with his clothes on, and closed his eyes. The Contender 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z Can you make itI Will your aunt and uncle let you come? Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z Theodora’s friend, mollified and contrite, was delighted to see Theodora back so soon; Luke took himself off to Paris, where his aunt fervently hoped he would stay for a while. The Haunting of Hill House 1959-10-01T00:00:00Z It was the aunts coming into the kitchen, their speech slurred and hysterical. We Were Liars 2014-05-13T00:00:00Z No one in Clover could take all ten children, so relatives divided them up —one with this cousin, one with that aunt. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z “Agatha and her brood have decided to come north for the summer. And of course she’s going to bring her mother and aunt. So you will get to spend June surrounded by Virginians!” Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z Everything—Haiti, my mother, my cousins, my aunt, the house, school, Kasim, the detective, Dray, America—comes to a boil: sizzling and popping and oozing hot, red lava. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z So my sister and I moved out and moved in with my aunt. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z My mami said if she gets sent back, me and my sister can stay with my aunt, but I don’t want that. Harbor Me 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z And almost that long since I’d last seen my mother and father, my uncles and aunts and other cousins. Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z And watching those dark waters from my sickbed on the boat, I was scared that my aunt’s words had come true. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z We have the tea and bread and it’s one morning we’re glad to go to school where it’s warm and there are no yelling aunts. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z Her aunt had always prophesied that Elizabeth would come to no good end, proud, and vain, and foolish as she was, and having been allowed to run wild all her childhood days. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z Unlike their aunt, the children won’t put up with this kind of overdone gush. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z “Ah, you’re worrying about the reaction of your aunt and uncle?” said Fudge. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z And somebody else, an aunt, is retiring from her job in that candy store. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z She and her aunt picked their way across the cobblestones, avoiding the horses with their brisk clippity clops and the boxy black cars with chauffeurs in patent-brimmed caps. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z "And this," said Beowulf, "I would give to you, dear aunt." Beowulf: A New Telling 1968-01-01T00:00:00Z We don't know anyplace else but Greenville now—New York is only the pictures she shows us in magazines and the two she has in her pocketbook of our aunt Kay. Brown Girl Dreaming 2014-08-28T00:00:00Z “No. It’s my aunt’s. Way too big for her, but she won’t sell it. She and my cousins come in the summer, and only a caretaker the rest of the year.” The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z “I’ve always been a loner and I’ve always wanted to see Africa, so I took leave from my humble newspaper job and a generous loan from my aunt and here I am.” Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z Just for instance, her aunt Beppy—the one they say had the power of levitation—died with typhoid fever. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z Mr. Darcy looked a little ashamed of his aunt’s ill-breeding, and made no answer. Pride and Prejudice 1813-01-28T00:00:00Z Emmett pauses, closes his eyes, then mutters, “I begged my cousins not to tell my uncle and aunt. ‘I don’t want to be sent back to Chicago,’ I said. Ghost Boys 2018-04-17T00:00:00Z Except for nursing the baby, she was more or less free to hold him or put him down, same as if she was his grandmother or a maiden aunt. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z No one was waiting for her to come home, not even a bad-tempered aunt. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z Before she finally fired her, my aunt said, “Stupid woman, she thinks she’s white.” Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z She looks so sad and thin, wearing a black coat that belonged to Tía Laura that seems too big on her, even though she’s the same size as my aunt, or used to be. Before We Were Free 2002-08-13T00:00:00Z A blond Russian was white, and his aunt would not feel the need to prove that she liked people who looked like the blond Russian. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z “Yes, you can call Prosper and Bo down for me,” Ida replied, glaring at Barbarossa, “I'm going to call their aunt and maybe they should be here when I do.” The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z After a few minutes it was dancing so quickly that it had to spit out the aunt. The Girl Who Married a Lion: and Other Tales from Africa 2004-12-07T00:00:00Z It was dark when I got to my aunt’s. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z “Is she a grandmother or an aunt or something?” Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z After a while, instead of the spectacular Mustafa, a lady appeared who had the unhappy, tidy air of a provincial aunt, dressed in a blue uniform with a starched white collar. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z They watched a bandit loop a rope around my youngest aunt, Lovely Orchid, and prepare to drag her off. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z There was a place that the aunt knew where a lot of fruit grew. The Girl Who Married a Lion: and Other Tales from Africa 2004-12-07T00:00:00Z In the week’s holiday after preliminary training, before the probationer year began, she had stayed with her uncle and aunt in Primrose Hill and had resisted her mother on the telephone. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z We drove to my aunt Angie’s and parked in front of the white picket fence she shared with Grandma. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z “It’s my dad. They’re not getting along right now. It’s part of the reason I went to stay with my aunt and uncle again.” Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z “My haste is your good fortune, madam. These girls were the servants of my late aunt, whose passing I mourn deeply. I must quickly conclude the matters of her estate. The recent unrest, you know.” Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z My mother was born ten minutes before my aunt Julia, who seemed to have become some sort of a recluse that summer, rarely leaving her house and, according to my mom, “stinking to high heaven.” Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z My aunt continually brought us huge plates of rice, fish, stew, and plantains. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z “Your grandma took a turn. Your aunt Lena called at my job. She passed this mornin’.” Finding Langston 2018-08-14T00:00:00Z He got to go with Mom and spend time with our cousins, my aunt Louise’s kids, all summer. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z “I’ll understand, of course, if you want to stay with your aunt and uncle,” said Black. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z A procession of uncles, aunts, and cousins followed as we made our way through the hall, parting a sea of applauding guests, blinking at flashing cameras. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z “When I get a message from that thing,” Theodora said, “I expect it to be about hidden treasure. None of this nonsense about sending flowers to my aunt.” The Haunting of Hill House 1959-10-01T00:00:00Z Placed in foster care for a year and a half, until aunt and her partner adopted him. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z “I don’t know. But she kidnapped my aunt.” The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z Auntie Yeabu tried to sneak food to us, but she wasn’t always able to do so, because my other aunts’ eyes were too sharp. Taking Flight: From War Orphan to Star Ballerina 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z So had the rest of my aunts and uncles and cousins. Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z I sniff back my tears; I hold back everything because my aunt is lying. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z She is talking to me about one of her sisters, my aunt, who is seriously ill. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z “Your aunt told me what you said to her in the bathroom.” I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z I asked him to see if he could find out how my mother and sister were doing, because it was a small factory, and he would hear my aunt talking about things. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z As I close this installment, let me say this: for all the times my aunt admonished me that a lady never goes out without at least one petticoat under her skirt, I am most thankful. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z There was an extended family, Mami’s aunts, uncles, and cousins, who dropped in and out of our lives with warm clothes, advice, and warnings. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z “Now I’m the only one left here,” she tells her aunt Rosa Amalia. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z My nosy aunts are whispering behind me now. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z Theydivorced not long after that, and my grandmother moved to Orlando with my mom, my aunt, and my uncle. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z My dad was born four years later, followed by my two aunts. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z Except that more of them are dressed in the greys and blacks of widowhood, the aunts seem little changed since five years ago when Yolanda was last on the Island. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z We couldn't spare the time now, my aunt said, to find all the little pieces in the dark. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z Other aunts, mothers- in-law, and cousins disappeared; some suddenly began writing to us again from communes or from Hong Kong. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z I'd just finished signing my autograph in steamy yellow when a rusty gate opened up with a tiny shriek and there stood a sour aunt from black-and-white times. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z “Yeah, my cousin plays a lot of video games. My aunt is always trying to get him outside.” Sparrow 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z They were made of small hard things—aunts and uncles, smoke breaks after sex, girls on stoops drinking from mason jars. Between the World and Me 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z “A few days before I came to fetch you from your aunt and uncle’s, in fact.” Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z The boy obeyed his aunt, but all the time he was listening for any sounds to come from the bush. The Girl Who Married a Lion: and Other Tales from Africa 2004-12-07T00:00:00Z I didn’t say so to the boys, but Aunt Loma thought Camp had made reservations at a nice honeymoon hotel, whereas he planned on staying with his aunt. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z That's when I had an epiphany: when my mom and aunts praised me for being hairless...they meant by Persian woman standards. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z “Well, what I don’t understand is, if you’re going to live with your aunt in Virginia, what are you doing here?” The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z Shame at needing both his father and his aunt to get him off. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z My parents got scared, and although they didn’t send me to my aunt and uncle in a rich neighborhood, they sent me to a bougie private school. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z They were coming home from church, a big group, my mom and Andrew and Isaac, her new husband and his children and a whole bunch of his extended family, aunts and uncles, nieces and nephews. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z His father was gone, and he and his mother lived with an aunt. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z Madam was prepared to row the aunt to Charleston to get rid of her. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z We moved to live with my aunt in Queens, he said. Harbor Me 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z I looked at my aunt, a question on my face that I didn’t quite know how to ask. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z My mother screamed at my aunt, “How could you? He’s the father of my baby! ” Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z But she did not speak back when my aunt cursed her. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z Judith’s face fulfilled in every exquisite detail the picture she had treasured of her imagined aunt. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z Maer was filled with people— cousins, two elderly aunts—and Charles didn’t think he could summon up the courage to ask her. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z “What you done?” said his aunt, but Malcolm didn’t know whether she was speaking to him or to Andrew. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z “But you see that Jane,” said her aunt, “does not think so very ill of Wickham as to believe him capable of the attempt.” Pride and Prejudice 1813-01-28T00:00:00Z “Two years—ever since my aunt Queen died.” Forged by Fire 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z It turned out his aunt was a widow woman with ten children, living in a nasty, rundown old cabin on a turkey farm where you couldn’t get to the privy without stepping in turkey mess. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z “Down you go,” the sour aunt said, “down to the parlor. I'll be right along, once I've prepared your cure. But whatever you do, be quiet. You'll be very sorry if you wake my brother.” Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z And how would she explain herself, the uninvited guest, to her uncle and aunt? Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z She did not like to think of with what hardness of heart, what calculated weeping, what deceit, what cruelty she now went into battle with her aunt for her freedom. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z I found out from my youngest aunt that he had left me to live with an opera singer. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z Mami’s mother had been one of fifteen children, and Mami had endless aunts, uncles, and cousins in the barrios that stretched like tentacles from the wide avenues and shady plazas. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z The signs of his mental decline had been subtle at first, like forgetting to buy groceries or calling my mother by my aunt’s name. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z I love my aunt’s condo—a two-flat walk-up in Chicago’s Old Town neighborhood. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z “She’s been living with an aunt,” I said, feeling rather subdued. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z She seemed like a dwarf copy of her aunt, and her red face looked like a lantern that had been filled with blood and was going to burst at any moment. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z We couldn’t really get straight whether they were actually sisters, aunts, or what. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z My hanging clothes surrounded me like loving aunts and uncles telling old family stories. Each Little Bird That Sings 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z His mother or aunt or teacher long ago carefully prepared him, explaining that he as an individual can live in dignity, even though he as a Negro cannot. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z A man from another town was seated with us, a friend of my aunt’s new husband. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z "So suddenly you had a house all of your own! But how did you pluck up the courage to tell the aunt?" Matilda 1988-10-01T00:00:00Z I heard my aunt call piteously from behind, but then my uncle said, “Swanle!”—Finished!—“She is already changed.” The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z The image magnified a few times, zooming in on my aunt’s trailer. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z When school ended for the year, Link and Marty and I went to one of the moons of Jupiter to stay with Marty’s aunt for a few weeks. Feed 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z Though I had believed they were snubbing me, now I realize they were only waiting, politely as maiden aunts, for me to make the next move. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z He was also apt to sell the watches and cigarette cases given him, fondly and with pretty blushes, by his aunt’s friends. The Haunting of Hill House 1959-10-01T00:00:00Z I didn’t tell anyone that I was leaving except Mohamed, who was to relay my departure to my aunt after she was done grieving. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z My whole life, my mom and aunts had praised me for how American I looked. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z This could only mean that her aunt could not love her, either, and nothing in her life with her aunt ever proved Elizabeth wrong. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z And a few have lost an uncle or aunt. The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian 2007-09-01T00:00:00Z Shan- tha, the cameraperson for the event, who later became my aunt when I returned to live in New York, pointed the camera at us, and Madoka and I posed for her. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z My aunt must have lived in the same house as my parents and eaten at an outcast table. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z “Can a person marry his own aunt?” he asked, startled. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z It was the night my youngest aunt got married. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z I watched the Katrina coverage with a knot in my stomach, knowing that if a disaster hit Chicago, many of my aunts and uncles, cousins and neighbors, would have suffered a similar fate. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z "And you must remember that this aunt of mine is a much respected figure in the community. She has a lot of influence." Matilda 1988-10-01T00:00:00Z “O aunt! have pity! Forgive me! I cannot endure it—let me be punished some other way! I shall be killed if—” Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z “No, I can’t. I promised my aunt I would never tell her. Besides, what can I possibly say to her to make it any better? I’m not sure what the point would be.” I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z She nodded, then looked at her aunt out of the corner of her eye. Go Set a Watchman: A Novel 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z Lupita had copied it carefully from one of her aunt’s old envelopes. Lupita Mañana 1981-03-21T00:00:00Z They took turns reciting Homeric genealogies, full of falsifications and borrowings from real life, and sometimes they fought over this or that favorite real uncle or aunt, and had to bargain like casting directors. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z My aunt was on the same bus that my boyfriend and I were riding. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z “It is simply not done!” came the distinctive voice of Despereaux's aunt Florence. The Tale of Despereaux: Being the Story of a Mouse, a Princess, Some Soup and a Spool of Thread 2003-08-25T00:00:00Z “Go home to your church girl. Go home and ask her about her aunt Vera. And, Chino, don’t talk to me cuz you got leprosy, ma man.” Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z My aunt was like a second mother and she received us with open arms when we walked into her home. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z Joyce had come to Stamps to live with a widowed aunt who was even poorer than the poorest person in town. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z There were no catcalls yet, no jeering; evidently neither Ellen nor the aunt suspected that anything was wrong. Absalom, Absalom! 1936-01-01T00:00:00Z When I stood up, the older woman, the lady aunt with all the money, gave me a shadow of a smile. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z “My uncles and aunts? Why didn’t they come?” Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe 2012-02-21T00:00:00Z My aunt uses a cane to get from the living room to a narrow archway leading to the kitchen. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z “I didn’t say that. It’s just that Mother doesn’t feel she knows a person until she knows their aunts, uncles, and second cousins twice removed. She just likes to have her ducks in a row.” Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z “We have no servants,” said her aunt quietly. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z "You somebody right now, Alfred. A good, God-fearing boy, minds his aunt, helps . . ." "Somebody special," he said, pulling away. The Contender 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z Jane’s alertness in moving, proved her as ready as her aunt had preconceived. Emma 1815-12-23T00:00:00Z The granddaughter and her aunts had counted them and planted them diagonally across the heart, joke candles that wouldn't blow out. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z “My husband’s aunt says that you visit the prison at her direction, bringing tablescraps not good enough for pigs. She declared that forgiving and caring for the enemy is doing the Lord’s work.” Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z My aunt and I stood there until the helicopter disappeared. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z She had a great aunt named Hazel who was reputed to carry life insurance. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z One day, my aunt made me an ornamental Sudanese bracelet of sinews and low cow hairs. Lost Boy, Lost Girl 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z Finally, she swears, in front of our aunt, that Fifi is going back with us. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z This was a place no one else knew about, where I wouldn’t have to worry about getting hassled or slapped around by my aunt or whatever loser she was currently dating. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z She heard her aunt’s voice singing the “Dayenu” as if from miles away. The Devil's Arithmetic 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z Then you go to your aunt’s house and you’re supposed to know all about dampers.There’s no use telling her this is the first time you ever lit a fire in a range. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z There’s no way the sky is mourning my aunt, too. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z Hannah took her hand from her aunt’s arm and dropped it into the safety of her own lap. The Devil's Arithmetic 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z Kit suddenly threw her arms about her aunt. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z “Quite wrong, my dear aunt; there is no likeness at all.” Emma 1815-12-23T00:00:00Z This turn of events had been objected to most vocally by their mother, Ophie’s aunt Helen. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z She smiled, and with one hand reached up for his Jew-fro and mussed his hair like she was his aunt and he was a seven-year-old who'd just done something exceedingly cute. An Abundance of Katherines 2006-09-21T00:00:00Z My aunt was in the kitchen; the look on her face told me that my uncle would learn about Mr. Kamara’s visit. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z If you don’t believe me, try making sense out of this pile of words: Who do you think I saw the other day the Dalai Lama said my aunt Minnie. Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z My aunt stares at me as if I’ve just offended her. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z Months later, when Momma was waiting on Joyce’s aunt, she said, “Yes ma’am, Mrs. Goodman, life’s just one thing right after the other.” I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z Now she was acting like an in-law, like an aunt, dabbling at helping Ruth and the girls, but having no interest in or knowledge of decent housekeeping, she got in the way. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z “You don’t know me? . . . You don’t recognize me. I’m your relative, Stein. Already forgotten? Stein. Stein from Antwerp. Reizel’s husband. Your wife was Reizel’s aunt. . . She often wrote to us . . . and such letters!” Night 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z She ran some water and tried to scrub it off, feeling guilty because Aunt Eva was her favorite aunt, the only one who preferred her over Aaron. The Devil's Arithmetic 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z His aunt Virginia had started Job Corps but didn’t finish. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z Nobody could use the words "easygoing" or "sweet" to describe my aunt Sonia. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z Here is mine: That evening, I stood on the roof of an apartment building with your mother, your aunt Chana, and her boyfriend, Jamal. Between the World and Me 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z After a moment, her aunt said, “Sí, Elvio or Catarina could teach you. They taught you how to dance. I will speak to them about it.” Lupita Mañana 1981-03-21T00:00:00Z Usually all of my school friends and aunts and uncles and cousins would have come to see me read in the synagogue. Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z My mother spoke about the raid as if she had seen it, when she and my aunt, a daughter-in-law to a different household, should not have been living together at all. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z She asked one of her aunts to come stay with her. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z “My aunt trained them up herself,” Mr. Robert added. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z “Not really. I picked up some stuff from just listening to my parents speak to my aunts and uncles, but I understand more than I can speak.” What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z To risk the capital, in hope I could make it to my aunt’s house? Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z My aunt Rebecca had it different, though, because neighborhoods change. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z She wrote her aunt that “his journal is come out at last along with two other thick volumes ... but I have not had time to read it yet.” Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z Several of my aunts sang in church choirs. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z “My aunt is a doctor. Ml take a picture of your arm and ask her what she thinks,” Ifemelu said. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z Daddy’s aunt Rose and the rest of his family all lived up north, and Mama’s people were dead and gone long before Ophie had been born. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z The thought of aunts and uncles and grandparents waiting for her there was cheering. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z Liyana was being kissed by so many people whose exact identity was unknown to her, though Poppy tried to clarify names of aunts, cousins, and wives of cousins, to help his family out. Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z “You want me to go with you when you talk to your aunt and uncle?” Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z My aunt, of course, is the coolest person in our family and would only work at the kind of restaurant that gets reviewed. Better Nate Than Ever 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z And that meant, even if Jack came back from his elderly aunt—or wherever he was—he was still gone. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z We never see Marin until her aunt comes home from work, and even then she can only stay out in front. The House on Mango Street 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z But Ophie was hard-pressed to get her aunt’s attention that evening. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z “What area of study are you considering this time?” his aunt Corinne asked. Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z “The times demand sacrifices, Anne. Just for a week or so. Women will soon come to the city looking for work, and you and our aunt will be able to hire a full staff.” Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z The poetry was so ahead of its time no one has deciphered it yet, but Jean Louise’s aunt keeps it displayed casually and prominently on a table in the living- room. Go Set a Watchman: A Novel 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z He only asked her one question: “What’ll you do if things don’t work out at your aunt’s?” Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z “Her name is Miss Minerva Goodacre. Her people are in Austin. She’s spending the month with her aunt and uncle in Prairie Lea.” The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z Great Uncle Phil with his fake teeth and my aunt Rebecca, who is my dad’s sister. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z “My aunt and uncle said I could write in my spare time if I wanted to,” I told him. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z All their aunts have received Communications, and there they sit, with proof of the motility of consciousness at their fingertips, and the making of a new science. The Lives of a Cell 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z But the temperature had dropped below zero the past few nights, and as much as I hated staying at my aunt’s place, it still beat freezing to death. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z “The old lady! No, the young lady, to be sure. I shall think you a great blockhead, Frank, if you bring the aunt without the niece.” Emma 1815-12-23T00:00:00Z Jackson and Pierrot were still looking toward their aunt who dismissed them now with a quizzical tilt of her head and a faint nod. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z She knew now of what it was that she had so silently and so early accused her aunt: it was of tearing a bewildered child away from the arms of the father she loved. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z “My aunt told me pigs is the dirtiest animal. She said we ain’t supposed to eat ’em ’cause it’ll make humans dirty too.” We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z I will just say that my aunt Helen was molested. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z After dropping off his aunt from the bowling alley, he had stopped in the bar on his own to see what he could turn up. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z When an aunt or an uncle would come into my presence, I could not look at them. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z “You’re going to have a new aunt, Rowan,” she had announced. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z Being part of Woman to Woman is like having twelve new aunts. Piecing Me Together 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z “Our aunt says nothing bad can happen to this ship,” Phoebe said. I Survived the Sinking of the Titanic, 1912 2010-06-01T00:00:00Z I stared at the dimly lighted car dashboard and saw him attending an aunt’s funeral, having Sunday dinner with his parents, doing some kindness for a friend—for he was kind. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z He had said this to her on one of the last times she had seen him, when she was being carried miles away, to Maryland, to live with her aunt. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z When Trey started working here back in high school, Sal became the Italian aunt we never had. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z “I want you to stay here with your aunt while I scout that building,” she instructed her son. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z I had wrapped my cousins and aunt in white sheets after making a healing bath of herbs and Florida water for each one, and let them curl into themselves and cry and cry. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z I remember overhearing my aunt and uncle talking about it one day when liquor had made their faces red and damp and their tongues loose. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z Momma gave her small gifts of food to take to her aunt, and on Saturdays Uncle Willie would sometimes give her a dime for “show fare.” I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z Returning to Luling or Birmingham was never a consideration, as both his parents and aunt passed away while he was in college. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z “What will she do? What will be her passion?” your aunts would ask when they came over to cook on great holidays, which called for cannon salutes back home but meant nothing at all here. Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z “I wonder my aunt did not tell us of that.” Pride and Prejudice 1813-01-28T00:00:00Z “I wanted to wear the new one my aunt gave me. But I think it’s with my laundry at Dad’s.” Rules 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z Didn’t my mother quiz me on uncles and aunts and cousins, too? Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z “We asked those lying mishus what they did with our daughters,” my aunt said. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z His aunt told her husband to call Haupt's mother, which Walter did right away. Nazi Saboteurs 2019-12-03T00:00:00Z “Say good morning to your aunt,” Brave Orchid would order, although some of them were adults. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z “Yes, Aunt Reed. How are you, dear aunt?” Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z “I need to go talk to my mom about...my aunt.” On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z All afternoon, aunts and uncles, cousins, coworkers of my parents, neighbors, teammates, coaches, and friends wanted my autograph or to pose for selfies with me. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z His aunt thought he was with his mother, and she thought he was with her sister. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z Matter of fact, she was going to teach school and stay with an aunt in Springfield, Missouri. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z It always took a second to remember his aunt Naomi was my Ma Charles, but we cheered the delivery route like we knew where we were going. Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z Then she said, “I have an aunt named Veronica. When she married this rich guy from Miami, she changed her name to Vera.” Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z Tonight she had understood for the first time what her aunt had seen in that fierce man to make her cross an ocean at his side. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z So, to make sure that Lord Rowan could not forget her, Ana spent more and more nights in the City as a guest of her aunt. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z His family moved in with an aunt that lived across the street and that’s where I went to talk to him. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z “While my husband’s aunt lives here, my hands are tied.” Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z “I don’t want to go home. I don’t get along with my aunt.” Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z “I’m going to El Paso. Staying with my aunt for the holidays.” American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z There’s no mistaking the dark, curly hair, the strong jaw, the good looks that make pretty girls call up my aunt Mimí and ask if they can come over and look at her orchids. Before We Were Free 2002-08-13T00:00:00Z At meals with the aunts, on the boat with Granddad, even alone with Mummy—I behaved as if those two critical people had never existed. We Were Liars 2014-05-13T00:00:00Z Once my aunt found a freckle on her chin, at a spot that the almanac said predestined her for unhappiness. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z There was one great big room, and then there was a little room that belonged to Uncle George, and there was another room for the aunts, Aunt Docia and Aunt Ruby. Little House in the Big Woods 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z “And I miss my mom and my sisters and my aunts and my cousins, too.” The One and Only Ivan 2012-01-17T00:00:00Z Mamita and Papito stayed at home, and I went with my good-natured aunt and uncle and cousin, who laughed at everything. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z We talk about Sarah, easily and without competing, as if we are her aunt and uncle. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z "I used to watch your mother and aunt in Ghana," she says. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z The frightened villagers, who depended on one another to maintain the real, went to my aunt to show her a personal, physical representation of the break she had made in the “roundness.” The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z My aunt Helen was in a terrible car accident. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z “And I would prefer not to do so in the open. We shall trespass upon your aunt and uncle’s hospitality only a little longer.” Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z “Your aunt has daughters. Wear one of their dresses.” Lupita Mañana 1981-03-21T00:00:00Z James’s uncle and aunt lived on the adjacent property, and they did what they could to help Eliza manage her land. Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z “I have that dress from my aunt’s shower. The baby-blue one. Remember?” Amina's Song 2021-03-09T00:00:00Z If I ask enough questions, I usually learn that I know their families—their moms, dads, aunts, uncles, or even their grandparents. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z An adopted extended family from the West Computing office stepped into the void left by the aunts and uncles and cousins in Farmville. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z Lord have mercy!’ and I went running to my aunt’s house to ask who was gettin’ beat over in the barn.” Mississippi Trial, 1955 2002-05-27T00:00:00Z And at night I dreamed of the eastward-flowing stream my aunt had warned me about, the dark waters that changed a person forever. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z After a joyous reunion with my aunts and many cousins, Pa disappears with Uncle Leang to meet with the village chief and request permission to live here. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z My aunt wasn’t a timid woman, but even at her slimmest, I can’t see her ever entering this pageant. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z “You sure of that?” my aunt screeched back before she slammed the screen door behind her. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z When Liyana’s aunt had to go to the hospital because her legs swelled up, Sitti said they swelled “because she has such a big and heavy head.” Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z As I think back to that way of life now so distant, I feel a sense of longing, particularly for my grandparents, aunts, uncles, and cousins. The Boy on the Wooden Box 2013-08-27T00:00:00Z It could very well have been, however, that my aunt did not take subtle enjoyment of her friend, but, a wild woman, kept rollicking company. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z Her mother gently pulled her from her aunt’s arms and led her out of the room. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z “How many times have you been back to visit your aunt and uncle?” Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z Then the aunt tried to run away, but the strange animal ran after her and ate her too. The Girl Who Married a Lion: and Other Tales from Africa 2004-12-07T00:00:00Z For her father ran what her aunt called a “house”;—not the house where they lived, but another house, to which, as Elizabeth gathered, wicked people often came. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z She couldn’t look at her aunt any more, that familiar, unfamiliar, plain, beautiful face. The Devil's Arithmetic 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z Her aunt said, “And by blood, a Trotter.” Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z Bodega wanted me around because Vera was family; no matter how far apart they had been, she was still Blanca’s aunt. Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z My aunt Tuti paused for a second to take a quick breath before starting up again. The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z They each took another swig of liquor, and then my uncle kicked a stone and my aunt wiped her eyes and folded her hands in her lap. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z She stood alone on the platform for two straight days, shivering, waiting for her aunt to return. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z It was only the presence of his aunt that shocked him, for she had never entered this church before: she seemed to have been summoned to witness a bloody act. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z ‘Why don’t you sit down?’ he said, ‘and eat. My master’s wife— she’s my aunt—always sends over more than I can manage.’ Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z She told him that his aunt was in a village about thirty miles from where we were. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z Did the help she managed to give her aunt and uncle ever begin to make up for their trouble, and for the inescapable fact that she was another person to feed and clothe? The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z “He charged that the roses I used to decorate their party tent ruined the hem of the bride’s dress and caused her aunt to trip and break her leg. “I got threatening phone calls daily. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z Their cousins and aunts and uncles ask them about life in America, about what they eat for breakfast, about their friends at school. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z It was a wonderful welcome, but we thought our aunts were the kissingest kin in the world. Cheaper by the Dozen 1948-01-01T00:00:00Z One door had to be the sour aunt's room. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z At one point, we even lived next door to one of my aunts and down the street from another...by choice. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z "My aunt's in the hospital. The one that takes care of me," I said flat-out, to shut his stupid mouth for once. Patina 2017-08-29T00:00:00Z “It was an accident! We don’t send people to Azkaban just for blowing up their aunts!” Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z “That’s Arawn’s doing, or your aunt’s—I don’t know which and I don’t care. One is no better than the other.” The Book of Three 1964-03-12T00:00:00Z She was a few years older than me, always talking about having a family, living in a house in the country, like her aunt's place in Michigan. Seedfolks 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z Once the third aunt who worked at the laundry ran out and bought us bags of candy to hold over our noses; my mother was dismembering skunk on the chopping block. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z “His aunt and uncle will be able to explain everything to him when he’s older. I’ve written them a letter.” Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z The aunts had copies on their tablets and pulled them up regularly. We Were Liars 2014-05-13T00:00:00Z And this is how the stories of Marina’s family and Marc’s aunt’s family finally crossed. Sugar Changed the World: A Story of Magic, Spice, Slavery, Freedom, and Science 2010-11-15T00:00:00Z So while my aunt waited, I squatted down behind her car, praying that no one would drive by and see me “doing my business.” While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z It had to be his aunt in Wichita, an old lady I’d never met. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z All that week no one brought up my father, supposedly dead in a tractor accident, or my long-lost aunt Bernie in Virginia. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z I stare at the new building while the aunts talk. We Were Liars 2014-05-13T00:00:00Z The aunts led us over to the automobiles, where Henriette, in black puttees and with a stiff-brimmed cap tucked under his arm, was standing at rigid attention. Cheaper by the Dozen 1948-01-01T00:00:00Z When my mom turned twenty-one, her aunt fell ill and that family could no longer keep her in Transkei. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z Being raised by his aunt wasn’t the same. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z Look, I know my aunt does foul stuff, okay? On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z "I'll call her in a couple of minutes," she says determinedly, "when we find your aunt's building. You won't need me after that." The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z It was then that I remembered my aunt Angie, and that my father was telling anyone who would listen that she had put his name on a terrorist watch list. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z She gave it to Megan to go with her aunt to the mall to buy something black. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z I knew Sunny meant to say my aunt, but it wasn't no point in correcting him. Patina 2017-08-29T00:00:00Z “Maybe she likes cleaning house. I have an aunt like that.” The Devil's Arithmetic 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z “He sure don’t like working in that store,” Elizabeth once observed to her aunt. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z “Your aunt Janet called from Rhode Island. She wants you to go up and spend a week with them when school gets out.” Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z The villagers pushed through both wings, even your grandparents’ rooms, to find your aunt’s, which was also mine until the men returned. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z As I drift off to sleep, I hear Meng announce that our next step is to return to Bat Deng to search for our aunts and uncles. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Elizabeth Darwin did not marry or have children; she was a loving and attentive aunt to her nieces and nephews and took care of elderly people at the workhouse in Cambridge. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z “Is this aunt as peculiar as the others?” was all she said. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z There are scores of other possessive puzzles: Are you a friend of Jake, or a friend ofJake’si Are you going to your aunt and uncle’s house, or to your aunt’s and uncle’s house? Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z Julietta had been raised by another person, that aunt, in a home that was not a home. Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z The sour aunt held a china bowl in one hand and a cloudy glass in the other. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z She was sure her aunt had not received it yet. Lupita Mañana 1981-03-21T00:00:00Z “I caught my aunt going into my pantry getting her some soap,” she said. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z The boys halted and turned, and looked in shame from their ankles to their aunt. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z At the new memories and information I’ve added since I’ve been here, notes about Gran’s dogs dying, Granddad and the ivory goose, Gat giving me the Moriarty book, the aunts fighting about the Boston house. We Were Liars 2014-05-13T00:00:00Z His aunt Dorothy—his grandfather’s youngest half sister—was a secretary at one of the churches. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z “I thought you lived with your aunt and uncle,” she said. Wish 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z My cousins are not involved; it’s just me and my aunt. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z “I do not know why you should say so. He wishes exceedingly to come; but his uncle and aunt will not spare him.” Emma 1815-12-23T00:00:00Z In one blow, all of our extended family in Narewka, some one hundred relatives—my grandparents, aunts, uncles, cousins—had been murdered. The Boy on the Wooden Box 2013-08-27T00:00:00Z One by one, our aunts and cousins come up to me and touch my hair, my arms, and my back. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z When he reached home, though, his aunt had prepared her shouting. The Girl Who Married a Lion: and Other Tales from Africa 2004-12-07T00:00:00Z And the money came rolling into the pockets of the two greedy aunts. James and the Giant Peach 1961-11-01T00:00:00Z I told my aunt Helen all about my life. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z My parents could have arranged for us to stay at our aunt and uncle’s house and go to school, but they didn’t. Kira-Kira 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z After decades of neglect, I find myself thinking about departed great- aunts and -uncles, long-lost grandfathers, unknown fifth cousins, or, in the case of an inbred family like mine, all those things in one. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z “Lancelot and my aunt are a disgrace to all of us. Agravaine and I will take the responsibility, if no one else will.” The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z I thought about my brother and wondered if he’d been close to my aunt. Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe 2012-02-21T00:00:00Z Rab did not like to ask his aunt for so large a sum. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z “I had an aunt who was also a teacher and she encouraged me to get an education degree. So that’s what I did, and now...” Finding Langston 2018-08-14T00:00:00Z My aunt, a little oyster, a little piece of meat on an open shell for us to look at. The House on Mango Street 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z We want to get the boat away from the Beechwood dock before the aunts catch us. We Were Liars 2014-05-13T00:00:00Z Mother, Father, my aunts and uncles, my cousins, my friends in Kraków, I missed them all so much. Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z When Elizabeth reported that Emma was still very much in grief, an aunt wrote, “We are disappointed at your account of dear Emma.... However, we must have patience and wait.” Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z Because now that the aunt was gone, Ellen had reneged from that triumvirate of which Miss Rosa tried without realising it to make two. Absalom, Absalom! 1936-01-01T00:00:00Z Apparently, Camille heard from Nina, who heard from Zach, that Sandy—who had been in Baton Rouge with an aunt for the last few weeks—is back in our little town. King and the Dragonflies 2020-02-04T00:00:00Z She had sisters, cousins, and aunts who called mornings and asked her to come for lunch. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z Then each aunt, pulling my pink blanket back patting the crop of thick curls tugging at my new toes touching my cheeks. Brown Girl Dreaming 2014-08-28T00:00:00Z But her aunt treated it as a great joke. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z She read over her aunt’s commendation of him again and again. Pride and Prejudice 1813-01-28T00:00:00Z Caught offside, it took a moment for her to ascertain what her aunt meant by Like That. Go Set a Watchman: A Novel 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z “That may be—but not by sketches in Swisserland. You will never go to Swisserland. Your uncle and aunt will never allow you to leave England.” Emma 1815-12-23T00:00:00Z Being swallowed by a strange animal had taught the aunt not to waste her time shouting; now, all that she wanted to do was to sit quietly in the sun. The Girl Who Married a Lion: and Other Tales from Africa 2004-12-07T00:00:00Z When it came time to go to university, my aunt, the academic twin, won what was called a Centenary Scholarship. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z “Well, he doesn't seem to like your aunt either. I think it says weasel-face' and he's called your uncle ‘the wardrobe.’ The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z He had showed up a few weeks earlier to visit Miss Mary Finch, his aunt and only living relation. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z And then she left the cousin’s house to go south and see an aunt. . . and she seems to have vanished without trace en route. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z My aunt could not have been the lone romantic who gave up everything for sex. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z Mummy argued with the aunts over the Boston house. We Were Liars 2014-05-13T00:00:00Z These people, these honorary aunts and uncles of a dozen different surnames, have seen Gogol grow, have surrounded him at his wedding, his father’s funeral. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z “Your aunt’s going on this trip to find a little peace,” he’d said to George. I Survived the Sinking of the Titanic, 1912 2010-06-01T00:00:00Z Tell your aunt, little Emma, that she ought to set you a better example than to be renewing old grievances, and that if she were not wrong before, she is now.” Emma 1815-12-23T00:00:00Z Behind him, Mildred sat in her chair and the voices went on again: “Well, everything will be all right now,” said an “aunt.” Fahrenheit 451 1953-01-01T00:00:00Z As if from a distance, she heard her aunt say, “I can see that you are. Go to bed then. I’ll wake you when Hermilio comes home.” Lupita Mañana 1981-03-21T00:00:00Z “No. After a while, I’ll convince myself that my aunt and uncle were right.” Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z When she turned around, her aunt and uncle were standing on the front porch watching her. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z His aunt was rich and always buying them new stuff. Miracle's Boys 2000-04-23T00:00:00Z First, fool Lustig, then Hinkston, then gather a crowd; and all the men in the rocket, seeing mothers, aunts, uncles, sweethearts, dead ten, twenty years ago, naturally, disregarding orders, rush out and abandon ship. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z By the time I got to my aunt’s house, I found out that I had missed them all by only a couple of weeks. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z My aunt Alice had never shown me much kindness, but she still hadn’t deserved to die. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z "Look, I only have my mom and she's just been sent back to her country. I have nowhere else to go but to my aunt's house." The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z “You told me in the synagogue, all happy with the idea. You were only thirteen, you said, and already an aunt.” The Devil's Arithmetic 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z The aunt and uncle had been taken, and Jadzia was left to care for the baby. Surviving Hitler: A Boy in the Nazi Death Camps 2001-03-01T00:00:00Z Mom grabbed my sister, my aunt, and me, along with two of my little cousins, Musore and Rusengo, who were six and nine years old. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z Her aunt looked worried, as if she might not like it. Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z She wanted her own kids to know their aunts and uncles and cousins, and so the relief was profound when the Odyssey arrived at her brother’s house in Baton Rouge at eleven-thirty. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z “If you could but be persuaded to think no more of it, aunt, and to regard me with kindness and forgiveness——” Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z One of Simon’s aunts found the stories stuffed under a sofa cushion and informed the neighborhood committee. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z Amalia's parents were going to send her to live with her aunt. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z My extended family is here, too—crying cousins, tearful aunts, stoic uncles. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z And soon I began to hear this man mentioned by my father and uncle and aunt’s new husband. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z “We want Maya to be happy in her life, and you are a wonderful aunt. But we made our wishes very clear to Maya. She should have voiced her objections then, not after the fact.” Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z And I thought the last person who said that about me was my aunt Helen. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z She resented her aunts shutting her out like that, especially when she had been in complete charge until they came. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z Once, they visited his aunt, Claire, in Vermont, a woman who had an organic farm and walked around barefoot and talked about how connected to the earth it made her feel. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z “Don’t forget, your aunt has been away from England for a long time.” The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z Dolly Parton, my dead aunt, our favorite holidays, best friends, and a handshake. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z Caroline but we called her aunt kay, some memories Aunt Kay at the top of the stairs, her arms open, her smile wide and us running to her. Brown Girl Dreaming 2014-08-28T00:00:00Z Liyana wore blue jeans with paisley patches on the knees and her aunts pointed and whispered. Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z “Come quick! It’s my aunt! She fell out of her wheelchair and she’s not breathing! Yes. Yes. The address is 6254 Chambers Street. Please hurry! Oh, please hurry!” Forged by Fire 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z “But your aunt, didn’t she live in the neighborhood once?” Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z My aunt was frozen and silent, and the only sound I could hear was her deep breathing. Betty Before X 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z On the way to my aunt’s house, I could see that same color again, like it was haunting me. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z My aunt haunts me—her ghost drawn to me because now, after fifty years of neglect, I alone devote pages of paper to her, though not origamied into houses and clothes. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z But this bustling group of aunts and uncles swirled in circles as Sitti, their grandmother, threw her strong arms around each one of them in succession, squeezing so tightly that Liyana lost her breath. Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z “My aunt has invited us all for a fortnight to her villa in Seatown!” Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z I miss everything about Syria: my house, my friends, my aunts and uncles, my cousins. Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z “Oh, I remember this. Your aunt and uncle and I were just kids,” she said. The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z The aunt then asked me if she could have her son write to me because he was in prison and needed a lawyer. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z And I’ll be spending prom night watching old movies with my aunt. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z First, while sorting Nancy’s clothes, Mrs. Elaine Selsor, her aunt, had found tucked in the toe of a shoe a gold wristwatch. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z When you have an aunt who was only ten when you were born, sometimes she acts like an aunt and sometimes she acts like an annoying older sister. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z Some of their extended family members, such as aunts, uncles, and grandparents, often accused them of faking it for attention, like Connor’s dad did. Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z “The one that you get all those stories about dragons from. Or did you just make up those things you told to my aunt?” Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z But it wasn’t until my aunt Corrine flew in from Maryland a few months later that I realized Grandma Caye was sicker than I knew. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z “He don’t like working,” said her aunt, scornfully. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z She was sitting beside her aunt in the middle pew on the right side of the auditorium; her father and Dr. Finch sat side by side on the left, third row from the front. Go Set a Watchman: A Novel 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z An aunt—that seemed possible; a visiting spinster aunt, slightly odd, but nice. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z I had an aunt who went as far as divorcing her husband and briefly marrying an American family friend so that she could get a green card. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z I have asked the question through my reading and writings, through the music of my youth, through arguments with your grandfather, with your mother, your aunt Janai, your uncle Ben. Between the World and Me 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z Tucked into the envelope is a small piece of paper with the name of my mystery aunt and coded instructions for getting to the commune. What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z Kainene used to say their mother’s breasts did not dry up at all, that their mother had given them to a nursing aunt only to save her own breasts from drooping. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z I mean, Lee Lee’s aunt is always overreacting and fussing and putting Lee Lee on punishment for something. Piecing Me Together 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z “Before the circus, I used to live with my mom and my aunts and my sisters and my cousins,” Ruby says. The One and Only Ivan 2012-01-17T00:00:00Z "Right now, I need to get to my aunt's house." The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z Guilt surges through my body as my aunt speaks, but so does defiance. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z The aunt thought that this was a waste of time, but she was not going to miss any chance of shouting, and so she came too. The Girl Who Married a Lion: and Other Tales from Africa 2004-12-07T00:00:00Z She explains her aunt like she’s giving me the instructions for a board game. The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z Shorty had dropped out of first-year high school in Lansing, lived awhile with an uncle and aunt in Detroit, and had spent the last six years living with his cousin in Roxbury. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z They were all executed, and the aunt whose thumbs were twisted off drowned herself. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z She looked at them sadly, remembering when she had gathered them up long ago after her aunt had thrown them away. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z Carla and I always made fun of this awful lamp that one of our aunts with poor taste once gave them. Before We Were Free 2002-08-13T00:00:00Z And then she died, my aunt who listened to my poems. The House on Mango Street 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z I have looked these names up, because after we see my father’s aunt in Guangzhou, we will catch a plane to Shanghai, where I will meet my two half-sisters for the first time. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z I did not think any less of my aunt for being single. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z She had kept, precariously enough, what her aunt referred to as her pearl without price while she had been with Richard down home. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z “The bus company. My sisters and me are going down to Bridgeport some time soon, to stay with my aunt.” Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z I wonder if the aunts have been talking about me. We Were Liars 2014-05-13T00:00:00Z But perhaps my aunt, my forerunner, caught in a slow life, let dreams grow and fade and after some months or years went toward what persisted. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z “I thought you didn’t remember your aunt’s last name, and now you know her name and her address.” The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z My aunt used to say things like that to me when I was little and did something to annoy her—“Girl, I’m going to skin you alive!” Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z In any case, their meaning mattered little as long as the letter arrived, telling her aunt that Papá had been killed at sea and her niece and nephew were coining to Indio to find her. Lupita Mañana 1981-03-21T00:00:00Z “Obviously, you guys get me. But people act like they already know all about me just because I’m Asian. And my aunts act like I’m a big disappointment if I’m not perfect all the time!” A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z “Brianna,” she says, “do you know what your aunt’s biggest problem is?” On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z At the cemetery, El Cura said a few words, and then the coffin was lowered, as Juanita’s mother and aunts wailed about what a good man he was and how he didn’t deserve to die. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z The first time I drove alone was to see my aunt Helen. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z He imagines grandparents and another aunt, a father who never got a chance to know him. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z I wanted to thank the sour aunt for curing my ankle. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z I was sad for my aunt Julia, who could barely utter a sentence without bursting into tears. Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z “Indecorous” may sound like the reproach of a maiden aunt, but we all exercise an intuitive sense of stylistic decorum from the moment we begin to speak: it’s at the center of our social being. Words Like Loaded Pistols 2011-10-20T00:00:00Z The stack containing my aunt’s trailer had collapsed into a fiery, smoking ruin, along with all of the stacks adjacent to it. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z “That Fuller boy, I believe it was,” his aunt said. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z Every time he mentions it, Carla can see a shiver go through Tía's body like when there's a draft up at the house in the mountains and all the aunts wear pretty shawls. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z Sitting among the aunts in the less comfortable dining chairs, the cousins are flashes of color in turquoise jumpsuits and tight jersey dresses. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z He had lived in a crowded house with aunts and uncles and brothers and cousins and a tiny abuelita who ruled the whole establishment. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z One week later the invitations were printed, and two weeks after that she was adorned and adjusted by countless aunts, countless cousins hovering around her. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z Sandi was on when a visiting aunt and uncle dropped in for a visit at college early Sunday morning. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z “How come we don’t have any aunts and uncles on your side?” The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z The aunts began to blur into one another as the days of the summer ticked past. We Were Liars 2014-05-13T00:00:00Z The doorbell rings and his mother, in a black dress, opens it up to greet his aunt Julia and her husband, the doctor James Fouke, by her side. Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z “Well, you’re mighty pretty. Isn’t she pretty, boys. You look just like your aunt Jean, honey.” The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z I raced to the pavilion and found aunts and uncles laughing as they used chopsticks to pick up dancing shrimp, still squirming in their shells, their tiny legs bristling. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z “There’s no aunt and you know it,” said August. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z “If you will forgive my saying so, Agravaine, I would prefer you to speak of your aunt by her title, at least in front of me—even in this connection.” The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z Will I still be an aunt after you give the baby away? P.S. I Miss You 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z Her aunt welcomed him cordially, and in a few moments put her head in at the parlor door, her understanding glance taking in the two silent young people. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z I had seven kids and was pregnant with you and I called one of my aunts to ask for help and she said, “Your brother died in the war.” The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z Afterward they would hop into Abuelo’s taxi and drive all the way to Abuela’s house, where her mother, grandmother, aunts, uncles, and cousins all lived. The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z We were supposed to all be together—my aunt, my cousins, my mother, and I. And in just a few hours everything changed. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z “I can get you a part-time job, man,” my cousin Joseph had promised once when we met at my aunt’s house. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z He had four years of school before he got courage enough to ask his aunt who and where his father was. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z She is the tallest of my aunts, and the eldest Sinclair daughter. We Were Liars 2014-05-13T00:00:00Z “Why should I go running to my aunt as if I were a beggar? My claim is better than her own. Let her come to me ... in Westeros.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z She often wondered why her aunts didn’t like her, but it probably had something to do with Father. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z He felt a sense of relief as he imagined meeting his aunt and cousins in the morning. The Marvels 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z The four girls slept in one room with the aunt—three girls in one bed and the biggest girl and the aunt in another. My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z The maid came to help Ash while Ana and Clara followed their mother and aunt indoors. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z Always there were my uncles and aunts and cousins to greet. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z Her aunt and uncle will walk her down the aisle. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z There were no grandparents, no aunts or uncles or cousins like other foster kids sometimes had. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z It was nice spending quality time with my aunt without Shanti getting all the attention. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z She was back at Maer getting new clothes because her aunts told her she had to present herself better once she was married. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z "And is this the same aunt Ethel whose telephone number is on the list on the wall by your kitchen telephone?" Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z “I didn’t know you had gay aunts,” I say finally. Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z Every compound outing has been hosted by one gracious aunt or another, presenting the landscape as if it were a floor show mounted for her niece's appreciation. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z He waited on folks, her aunt said, furiously, as though he hoped the food they bought would poison them. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z Mom always says we need a man to come over and fix it, but my aunt Lucy always said it was the perfect excuse to not have to answer the front door. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z One evening my brother and I were called into the front room where a conference of aunts and uncles was being held. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z Without a single grandparent or parent or uncle or aunt at her side, the baby’s birth, like most everything else in America, feels somehow haphazard, only half true. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z I lay on my bed, completely mortified, as my aunt checked between my legs for any visible signs of trauma and permanent damage. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z It’s one of the things I love best about my aunt. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z “I will not come to my aunt a beggar. I will come to her a kinsman, with an army.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z He thought, perhaps Hooper will die, or he will have an aunt abroad who will want to see him, perhaps Mr Hooper will quarrel with us and we shall be asked to leave Warings, suddenly. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z After four or five more minutes, my mother, my aunt, and my cousin and me came up on the park. Ghost 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z “I know I’m the worst aunt and that I disappeared, but your mom never wanted me around. I was never—I shouldn’t be saying this to a twelve-year-old.” Better Nate Than Ever 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z “It was just after the message about the flowers you are to send to your aunt,” Mrs. Montague said. The Haunting of Hill House 1959-10-01T00:00:00Z It all started when my mother and my little sister and I left our home and went to stay with my grandmother and my aunt’s family. Lost Boy, Lost Girl 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z “Professor, my aunt and uncle — er — forgot to sign my form,” he said. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z And I didn’t have the energy to make the trek back to my aunt’s trailer, either. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z On the day of the performance, all the students’ parents and aunts and uncles and cousins and siblings have come, enough to fill the auditorium to overflowing. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z I opened some drawers, closed them, then lifted the corner of the blotter to look at the picture of my aunt Minerva, the subject of my new book, The Outside Child. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z I assumed my friends also came with a tribe of outspoken aunts, uncles, and cousins they saw on a regular basis. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z I have believed that sex was unspeakable and words so strong and fathers so frail that “aunt” would do my father mysterious harm. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z The master used his connections in the British high command to secure extra firewood for the house, declaring that his aunt’s bedchamber be kept as warm as the month of June. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z The doors of our home were always open to uncles, aunts, cousins, friends, visitors. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z Most faithfully yours, his mother, Patria Mercedes But Nelson found out about the letter from his little blabbermouth aunt in the capital. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Jean Louise pecked at her aunt and missed, took a package of cigarettes from her bag, and hurled it at the sofa. Go Set a Watchman: A Novel 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z Even with her cane, Aunt Rose always seemed fierce and unbowed, and seeing her like this, small and frail, reminded Ophie that her aunt was a very old woman, maybe even older than Mrs. Caruthers. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z Everything his aunt and uncle said was true. The Tale of Despereaux: Being the Story of a Mouse, a Princess, Some Soup and a Spool of Thread 2003-08-25T00:00:00Z “And Christmas I’m going to Sioux Falls. I got a aunt there.” Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z “How grateful you must be, young lady, for the kindness of your aunt and uncle in your time of need.” The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z None of my aunts or uncles had graduated from college; many hadn't graduated from high school. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z I knew the assassination had happened in Kinshasa, but my hope was the capital would be the first place the UN would secure and that once I was there I could try my aunt’s house. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z “At your aunt and uncle’s house,” said Ron. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z My aunt was sixteen then and promised she would help raise the baby. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z But, perhaps he could not in her mother’s presence be what he was before her uncle and aunt. Pride and Prejudice 1813-01-28T00:00:00Z To this perpetual accusation Elizabeth had never replied; she merely regarded her aunt with a wide-eyed, insolent stare, meant at once to register her disdain and to thwart any pretext for punishment. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z I didn’t tell him anything about my aunt. Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe 2012-02-21T00:00:00Z Not much to idealize when you know your aunt is crying herself to sleep next door and nothing can be done. Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z My aunt came out of the kitchen smelling of smoke and hugged me. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z She stopped and rolled her eyes at her aunt. Carry On, Mr. Bowditch 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z In the colored part of the cemetery, they sank Chicken Little in between his grandfather and an aunt. Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z Sutpen I suppose could have told her, but doubtless he knew that the aunt would not have believed him. Absalom, Absalom! 1936-01-01T00:00:00Z Each pupil knew that she was my aunt and many of them had known her longer than I had. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z He points his spoon at the aunts and asks their names again. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z My aunt and cousins would be there whenever she was on the outs with Dinky. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z I kept bugging my aunt Helen, which she loved. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z "I heard you found your aunt! I knew you would make it." The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z Lupita glanced behind her and saw her aunt harvesting, never straightening up. Lupita Mañana 1981-03-21T00:00:00Z My aunt teetered on the pieces as she dragged Mundín by the arm towards the door. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z Madam was saddened by her husband’s aunt’s return to health. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z "You're going to get to your aunt's house, and I bet your mom's already called to find out if you're with her." The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z My aunt stepped towards us; her broad shoulders gave her an official appearance, as if she were wearing epaulettes, and representing all our parents. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z There are at least a dozen of them—parents and brothers and sisters and aunts and uncles. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z My aunt would take it and take it, and then eventually she’d snap and smack him down and put him back in his place. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z But the rare urge west had fixed upon our family, and so my aunt crossed boundaries not delineated in space. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z A long time ago, a little girl was sent away to live with an old aunt and uncle at the foot of a mountain. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z Carla, too, until she notes that her aunt's hands are shaking as she fits the lid on the empty Russell Stover box. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z Or they could have been at Clairmont, listening to the aunts argue and eating beach plum jam on water crackers. We Were Liars 2014-05-13T00:00:00Z Her aunt was looking at her as she approached. Lupita Mañana 1981-03-21T00:00:00Z Yet time and her aunt moved slowly—and her patience and her ideas were nearly worn out before the tête-à-tête was over. Pride and Prejudice 1813-01-28T00:00:00Z And the uncles, the aunts, the cousins, the nieces, the nephews, that lived in those walls, the gibbering pack of tree-apes that said nothing, nothing, nothing and said it loud, loud, loud. Fahrenheit 451 1953-01-01T00:00:00Z Occasionally he’d point to a small plain rock poking through the earth and say it was a cousin or an aunt. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z His parents are seated at either end of the table, and his aunt and uncle are right next to his mom on the left side. Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z She says how long it’s been since the aunts have seen me, how the littles are my cousins, too, after all. We Were Liars 2014-05-13T00:00:00Z If a bomb really did go off in my aunt's trailer, I'd be safe down here, under all these junk cars. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z And he said an aunt and uncle had been to see him, and told him they had a coffin waiting to carry him to some little cemetery in north Missouri. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z As long as the aunts kept disappearing and the uncles dying after unspeakable tortures, my parents would prolong their Gold Mountain stay. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z When the results came back from the scholarship exam, only my aunt was awarded a scholarship. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z It’s just too bad that it went on for seven years because my aunt Rebecca went through the same kind of husbands. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z I wondered, as I stared out my aunt Tracy’s bathroom window, if what had happened to Ben would hang like a bag of stones on my heart the rest of my life, dragging me down. Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z My mother and aunts hurried to the kitchen and prepared cakes, cookies, and sweetmeats with more care than ever before. Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z My aunt, she was born here, and her husband is from America. Harbor Me 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z Children and lovers have no singularity here, but my aunt used a secret voice, a separate attentiveness. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z The uncle was away, but the aunt invited the investigators inside and launched into a venomous rant about how Ernest had married one of those red millionaires. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z But my cousins and aunt devour it as if it’s their last meal. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z I remember when I was just about to say good-bye to my aunt Helen, I started crying. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z “It reminds me of your aunt Tzivyah. We used to have so much fun with your papa building ours.” Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z “The aunts. The littles. Granddad. He’s lost his mind, you know.” We Were Liars 2014-05-13T00:00:00Z As she turned to follow her aunt and Judith, Kit knew for certain that he had not moved, and that if she looked back she would see his sturdy frame planted motionless in the path. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z At night, Chou and I sit outside the hut looking at the road until the sky darkens and our aunt orders us in to go to sleep. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Sierra shot a stony glare at her aunt. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z It was the aunt who persuaded or cajoled Mr Coldfield into the big wedding. Absalom, Absalom! 1936-01-01T00:00:00Z I looked at my aunt and remembered that she used to be pretty. Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z Maniac thought of Thanksgivings past, of sitting around a joyless table, his aunt and uncle as silent and lifeless as the mammoth bird they gnawed on. Maniac Magee 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z “Batman lost his parents very early. And so did Spider-Man. He lives with his aunt.” Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z “My aunt,” she continued, “is going to-morrow into that part of the town, and I shall take the opportunity of calling in Grosvenor Street.” Pride and Prejudice 1813-01-28T00:00:00Z An aunt carried cups of the tea on two trays balanced on her shoulders with a stick for anyone to take. Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z We are first going to Guangzhou, my seventy-two-year-old father, Canning Woo, and I, where we will visit his aunt, whom he has not seen since he was ten years old. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z Although we were surrounded by her longtime friends from college and my uncles and aunts from both sides of the family, it wasn’t enough. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z “You have the amazing luck to have such a rich aunt and you run away from her as if the devil himself was after you. Your brains must be the size of a pea.” The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z “Do not look at that woman,” warned my aunt. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z It was as if she and her aunt shared a particular bond at those times, as if the magic was still, somehow, alive. The Devil's Arithmetic 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z Standing in the middle of the floor, Lupita told her aunt what had happened. Lupita Mañana 1981-03-21T00:00:00Z “She said to make a reservation at my aunt’s restaurant and wait for them in the kitchen,” Chubs said. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z "This is my mom, and my aunt, and my cousin, King." Ghost 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z The relatives there can send it on to the remaining aunts and their children and, after a good harvest, to the children and grandchildren of my grandfather’s two minor wives. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z Nobody would go tell her aunt on her. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z The woman says tell your aunt I’d like that rubber sheet back for the next child. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z In Washington, Shadrach Yale was slowly struggling back to health in the safety of his aunt’s home. Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z “I’m sure she has pictures. Somewhere,” my aunt said. Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z My mom and dad closed up my aunt’s house. Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe 2012-02-21T00:00:00Z Tyler told me to meet him at our aunt Debbie’s house, because she lived near Brigham Young University. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z He remembered second aunt with her cactus collection, fifth uncle with his beard, eighth uncle with that opium addict, socialite wife. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z My aunt —o -—47 —* and father were not sentimental people, and the Dumpster pile was always the largest. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z All of a sudden, I felt warmly toward my aunt—a little parental, even. Liar, Liar 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z He was so alone—all his family was dead, save one aunt living in Africa. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z “I am so glad you have an aunt to come to.” The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z “Don’t tell me about your aunt. I want to know about those cattle and that woman.” Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z And he hit my aunt Rebecca all the time. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z It ended finally when my great uncle Phil saw bruises on my aunt Rebecca and finally got the truth out of my grandma. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z "This awful aunt," Matilda said, "I suppose she is still living in your lovely old house?" Matilda 1988-10-01T00:00:00Z He stood up quietly, and tiptoed into his aunt's room. The Contender 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z He was more dependable than my parents, grandmother, aunts, uncles, cousins, and big sister. The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian 2007-09-01T00:00:00Z “Um, wow. Well, one, I can’t do tomorrow. I’m going to see my aunt. Two, I’m sure it will be really romantic considering how you just asked me out.” On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z Etty had no children but was a devoted wife and aunt. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z “My dear aunt, this is being serious indeed.” Pride and Prejudice 1813-01-28T00:00:00Z She had been away for some time, brought up by an aunt fifteen miles away, and in a sense she was as new to Manderley as I was. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z My aunt's scolding was now addressed solely to me. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z He joined them on their entering the town, and attended them to their aunt’s where his regret and vexation, and the concern of everybody, was well talked over. Pride and Prejudice 1813-01-28T00:00:00Z Although many women in Afghanistan traditionally chose to wear the burka, a head-to-toe covering—including his grandmother and his aunts—the Taliban now made it mandatory. Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z “My aunt gave it to me,” I said, disgusted that I had to lie and lie again. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z But today the dismal boy was away visiting an aunt in Bensonhurst. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z “We want an aunt,” she said, one fist balled. Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z She sat in her aunt’s crowded living room and listened to Lucky and Salvador boast about their fine jobs and their trips to other desert towns in Lucky’s car. Lupita Mañana 1981-03-21T00:00:00Z She was visiting her aunt who lived over the meadow from where Gramps lived. Walk Two Moons 1994-06-30T00:00:00Z Then he will go ahead and phone his old boss and hope that his aunt or uncle will call back, so he won’t need a second card. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z I bet they’re dying to ask who I am, if the lady in the headscarf is my mom or my aunt. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z Wes’s aunt Nicey has been working for the State of Maryland doing home visits for the elderly, sick, and shut-in for a decade. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z The year my aunt applied was one of the “girl” years. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z His aunt and his mother kissed each other, as he had seen them do a hundred times, and then his aunt turned to look for them, and waved. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z She sensed that what her aunt spoke of as love was something else—a bribe, a threat, an indecent will to power. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z After several days, weeks, or months of sleeping in your aunt’s basement or on a friend’s couch, a time comes when you are expected to fend for yourself. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z I remembered the pain of my own mother’s death—grief, loneliness, uncertainty in my aunt and uncle’s house... Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z Madam was not entirely pleased that, her husband’s aunt was mending. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z The sour aunt carried on looking at me. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z And when Henry stopped with Bon on the way back to school the day after New Year’s to speak to his aunt, she actually was not at home. Absalom, Absalom! 1936-01-01T00:00:00Z I felt bad asking Blanca about her aunt; it was like me quizzing her on some betrayal that had never happened. Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z I wasn’t welcome in my aunt’s room across the hall, which was fine by me. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z One aunt prescribed to her sisters the elixir of large doses of castor oil during the last weeks of pregnancy. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z “I’m in New Jersey. At your aunt’s house.” Full of Beans 2016-01-01T00:00:00Z Doha could see how pale his aunt was as she clung tightly to her husband. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z Instantly, Fifi began to cry, so that right away, my aunt's suspicions were confirmed: I had dragged my little sister against her will to this dirty place. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z Jack’s aunt, who lived in a nearby town, was expecting a baby and wanted Jack’s sister, Jadzia, to come help her. Surviving Hitler: A Boy in the Nazi Death Camps 2001-03-01T00:00:00Z He flung her onto her aunt’s bed, then picked up the cardboard box with the rest of his new clothes. Lupita Mañana 1981-03-21T00:00:00Z I was going to say her aunt had just got killed in a car accident and I had to speak to her immediately. The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z All summer he had heard from his aunts and cousins and grandmother how he was too skinny. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z “I did that from East River, so we should be set to meet them there tonight. My aunt will probably even feed us.” The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z Gran tells her about the various people who are en route right now, aunts, uncles. If I Stay 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z It is discouraging to have had the wrong aunts, and never the ghost of a message. The Lives of a Cell 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z They had stopped at Mrs. Bates’s door to offer the use of their carriage, but the aunt and niece were to be brought by the Eltons. Emma 1815-12-23T00:00:00Z We all slept on the floor in one room, my mom and me, my aunt and my cousins, my uncle and my grandmother and my great-grandmother. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z "Any uncles or aunts or grannies who would come and see you?" Matilda 1988-10-01T00:00:00Z We looked for the remains of Deborah, my cousins, and my aunt. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z Mama said, “This is going to be a long day, Comfort. Aunt Florentine was like a mama to your daddy—she practically raised him and your aunt Goldie all by herself. Last night was difficult...” Each Little Bird That Sings 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z My mother, grandmother, uncles and aunts for various reasons implored me to do so. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z He imagines his aunt in his little brother’s bedroom, crying and alone. Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z My aunt found him smuggling doughnuts into his room yesterday. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z Her aunt was sitting on the ground, and Elena was leaning against her shoulder. Lupita Mañana 1981-03-21T00:00:00Z Isabel attends to me like a sister who expects to become an aunt. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z Such commonplace loveliness, however, was not enough for my aunt. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z Aunt Letty was a very tough old lady: aunts often were in those days. The Magician's Nephew 1955-05-02T00:00:00Z His aunt, Mrs. Gravely, had taught me history in junior high. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z His aunts would likely be out in the garden, whispering some kind of magic to the plants or pulling up weeds. Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z He woke up in his aunt's bed, blinking against the white glare of the morning sun. The Contender 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z “I’m going to be the best aunt ever.” Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z His aunt had sent word ahead from Lithuania to friends who agreed to provide Kaztauskis with lodging. A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z She looked like one of his father’s aunts, the one he’d only met once, when she managed to come over for a week from Puerto Rico. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z I brought wineglasses for the aunts as Granddad entered. We Were Liars 2014-05-13T00:00:00Z Dr. Williams glances from our grandmother to my aunt. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z “My aunt might have Oreos next door, if you want those.” Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z He shuts the door, shaking his head with a smile, and walks slowly into the kitchen where he finds his parents, aunt, and uncle all raising champagne glasses into the air. Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z They’re not supposed to be in the program but if they got an aunt or cousin or someone in the city they use their address. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z “Look, your aunt never wanted to marry this guy,” I said as Blanca held the ring up to the light. Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z She opens the door, but instead of my aunt’s face, or any one of my cousins greeting me, it’s an older white man. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z This year the station was packed, not just with students and newsmen, but also with parents, siblings, uncles, aunts, grandparents, cousins, next-door neighbors, and utter strangers. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z So the next time Mama worked outside the house, I was sent to my aunt Nancy, my father’s sister, who lived in downtown New York. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z “The only day you are excused from that schedule is when you go to Aokpe with your aunt,” Papa said. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z “It wouldn’t hurt either of us to eat a little light. You frightened me last night. I had an aunt who died of heart trouble. And that leaves a memory, you know.” East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z There were aunts, uncles, cousins — the home behind the red gate doors was really a village of relatives. Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z “Having a new aunt would be very, very nice,” Maya said. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z My aunt was indeed beautiful; my mother wasn't, and that fact informed the way everyone treated them, including their own parents. The Boy on the Wooden Box 2013-08-27T00:00:00Z Some ding-dongs believe me, though, and when that happens, I keep the lie going, spinning it until I run out of ideas: I backpacked through France, Germany, and Spain with my rich aunt from Barcelona. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z “We signaled yesterday that we would reach Wethersfield at dawn. I expected that your aunt and uncle would be here to meet you no matter how early it might be.” The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z I don’t mean your mom and dad family, but your uncle and aunt and cousin family? The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z “Yeah, your aunt knows the feeling well,” Whisper said with a laugh. Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z I wave at my aunt; she gives me an encouraging smile. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z Joyce was sent off to live with an aunt in Great Falls, Montana, until the house could be rebuilt. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z But after my grandmother moves to New York, we only go down south once, for my aunt Lucinda's funeral. Brown Girl Dreaming 2014-08-28T00:00:00Z I’ve asked my brothers, aunts, uncles and cousins, but I have not been able to definitively establish a timeline, and have therefore relied on my own memories. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z Before we left my aunt’s house, she put two boxes in the trunk of the car. Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe 2012-02-21T00:00:00Z Telling my aunt Tuti not to get hysterical is like telling her, “Please, I want you to totally freak out right now.” The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z Her aunt had come second in the series of disasters that had ended Elizabeth’s childhood. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z We have lost the innocence of it, of those days before we knew the extent of the aunts’ rage, before Gran’s death and Granddad’s deterioration. We Were Liars 2014-05-13T00:00:00Z Surrounded by grandparents and dozens of aunts and uncles and cousins, in a community where neighbors counted as family, pitching in when relatives couldn’t, Dorothy’s children’s lives would change very little. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z As the room fills with performers and siblings and parents and grandparents and aunts and uncles, I start to feel that awful feeling again. Sparrow 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z At the house of the sick person, usually a cousin or aunt or uncle of ours, I put a holy look on my face. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z Most people made fesenjoon with chicken, but my late aunt had reinvented it with bite-size meatballs, and it had become a family recipe in her honor. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z We’re all holding hands now and I smile even brighter because I see that my beloved aunt and cousins pray, too. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z So, I went to visit my aunt Helen, and for the first time in my life, it didn’t help. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z Their account would claim my brothers first, then it would spread to my aunts, uncles, cousins, the whole valley. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z “My husband’s aunt is a blithering idiot who has completely lost her wits. You should have told me of her requests at once.” Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z I had not told my mother or brother or aunt that I knew I would fail. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z In fact, her aunts have given her a list of names of uncles and aunts and cousins she might call on along her way. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z Her parents were leaving on a seventeen-day Scandinavian cruise with all the aunts and uncles on her mother’s side. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z She got into an argument with her aunt, and now she’s on punishment. Piecing Me Together 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z Her aunt did not attend church and derided those who did. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z My aunt Nancy, Joseph’s mother, the large woman who had run a bakery on the Lower East Side, now had a marriage brokerage business. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z He didn’t even know Carl or my aunt when we walked in. Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z “Yes. I will take you to the woman who plaits your aunts hair in the market.” Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z Once the candles are all ablaze, the cousins and aunts and children gather around and sing a rousing “Bienvenida a ti,” to the tune of "Happy Birthday." How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z The aunt began to pick fruit from the tree and stuff it into her mouth. The Girl Who Married a Lion: and Other Tales from Africa 2004-12-07T00:00:00Z “Not really. I can hardly remember mine. Only my aunt that kept me until I was ten. And she’s gone now.” Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z The exception was my aunt Angie, my mother’s youngest sister, who lived in town and insisted on seeing my mother. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z Only Patrolman Mancuso could have something like that for an aunt, Ignatius snorted to himself. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z In the twenty years since I heard this story I have not asked for details nor said my aunt’s name; I do not know it. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z A lonely, lambent woman looking out at her embittered aunt’s ornamental garden, listening to a tangerine. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z My Aunt Libby had married an Italian, and Teresa was my aunt's sister-in-law and our family doctor. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z I opened a new ivory writing tablet and a case of pens and pencils, a gift from my aunt for my fifteenth birthday. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z The sour aunt lay under a quilt with her dentures in a jar by her bed, still as a marble duchess on a church tomb. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z My kid cousins were full grown; my aunts had grown old. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z A total of fifteen people lived in my aunt’s trailer. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z "There's no one around here for miles," the aunt said. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z And the last thing I saw was her thin, oddly youthfiil thigh, as my aunt rearranged the sheet on the bed. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z Mommy once took me to Harlem to visit my stepsister, Jacqueline, whom we called Jack and who was my father’s daughter by a previous marriage and more like an aunt than a sister. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z "Didu does things with passion," I tell my cousin and aunt. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z When the Merritts heard we were going to The Children’s Home, they said they wanted to stay involved in our lives in an honorary “aunt” and “uncle” role. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z Eager to be alone, and fearful of enquiries or hints from her uncle and aunt, she stayed with them only long enough to hear their favourable opinion of Bingley, and then hurried away to dress. Pride and Prejudice 1813-01-28T00:00:00Z Johnny thought Rab was lucky to have an aunt like that. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z “Shout,” my aunt ordered, but he could not. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z I can remember one day my aunt had really had enough. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z Their aunt would come knocking on the doors and say, “Are you all right in there?” The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z But since a woman combing her hair hexes beginnings, my aunt rarely found an occasion to look her best. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z I said it in memory of Uncle Moshe, and my mother and father, and my aunts and other uncles and cousins. Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z The queer aunt whom his sixth-grade schoolmates teased him about and whom he hated because he felt personally responsible for her ugliness, her poverty, her dirt, and her wine. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z Her aunt had lent her some pajamas—they wore about the same size—but Eleanor put Park's shirt back on as soon as she got out of the shower. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z A letter came addressed to Matt from a spinster aunt of Shadrach’s who lived in Washington, a woman of whom Shad had often spoken. Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z Whenever my aunt and cousins would call Haiti, I’d imagine my life as an American—living in a house full of family, going to school, having a car and a boyfriend. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z When Ophie had seen the floor in her aunt’s house, she’d thought it the finest floor ever, and that that was what it meant to live in the northern states. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z “This is your cousin Judith,” her aunt said, and Kit gasped with pleasure. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z There is only one bathroom in my great aunt’s house, so this turns to trouble when all the beer starts to hit my cousins. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z The children yelled even louder as they were suddenly squashed by falling mothers, grandmothers, aunts and older sisters. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z At the time, my aunt Geneva was trying to find a hotel in London, because the friends she'd planned to visit were suddenly unreachable. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z “I’m really not messing with you. I needed to get away from there for a while, so they moved me out here to live with my aunt and uncle.” 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z His aunt hit him, and he choked back his wail with a sniveling cough. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z If only she could ask her aunt, if only she could be sure! Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z My aunt rushed over and called my khaleh Mandana, who lived in Los Angeles and worked as a nurse, for professional medical advice. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z Granddad gives me a tour of the house while the cook sets out food and the aunts corral the littles. We Were Liars 2014-05-13T00:00:00Z In Honduras, his aunt had a real tree. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z “Warrington. A bit of a drive from Boston. My aunt lives there.” Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z “The Warren doesn’t know about this. It’s one of the few places we can’t get into. My aunt’s best friend’s cousin said they’ve caught every kit sent here.” Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z When Sefia had brought it up with Nin, her aunt had gone sullen and silent, refusing to answer any questions or even make casual conversation for a whole day. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z Along with his mother, he worried about his father in the concentration camp and his sister, Jadzia, who was still staying with the aunt and uncle. Surviving Hitler: A Boy in the Nazi Death Camps 2001-03-01T00:00:00Z His aunt, Uma Maima, presides in the kitchen all morning, harassing the servants as they squat by the drain scouring the dirty dishes with ash, or pound heaps of spices on slabs that resemble tombstones. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z My parents and aunts and cousins burst into exclamations and wails. Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z I don't know if I'll actually be able to find my aunt. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z My aunt’s trailer was the top unit in a “stack” twenty-two mobile homes high, making it a level or two taller than the majority of the stacks immediately surrounding it. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z “True. You are a gentleman’s daughter. But who was your mother? Who are your uncles and aunts? Do not imagine me ignorant of their condition.” Pride and Prejudice 1813-01-28T00:00:00Z The aunt didn't notice her husband's silence, for she was thinking the same thing. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z I have a whole family full of uncles, aunts, cousins, nieces, grandmothers, and whatnot. Ninth Ward 2010-08-16T00:00:00Z Luma learned that the boys lived in all kinds of improvised family arrangements, often not with parents but with uncles, aunts, and cousins. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z There are three old aunts who all squawk together like crows at dawn. Sarah, Plain and Tall 1985-04-25T00:00:00Z If the boss reaches his aunt and uncle, if they know his mother’s number, if his aunt or uncle will call him back . Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z “As my aunt says, it’s a creature that pound for pound can out-carry any other creature on God’s earth.” Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z The driver looked at him and said, “Take care of her, kid. I gotta go. Your aunt’s gonna be at General Hospital.” Forged by Fire 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z Then her aunt came to put an arm across her shoulder. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z Last, the sour aunt in the woods worried me. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z As the years went on, her aunt seemed to gauge in a look the icy distances that Elizabeth had put between them, and that would certainly never be conquered now. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z Behind these, he saw his mother, and his aunt; his father, for the moment, was hidden from his view. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z She might be my aunt, but it bugged the hell out of me.” All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z For the next few months, Maria Isabel spends hours at a time silently sitting on a rock in front of her aunt Gloria’s house. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z The more she practices, the sooner she'll be back into her native tongue, the aunts insist. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z He fell into an exhausted sleep, and woke up to a house that was full of aunts and uncles, cousins and old friends, all eager to hear about his year. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z When had her aunt’s worn beige carpets, wood-paneled walls, and stucco ceilings come to represent home? The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z “I just need you to go by Burke’s or somewhere like that and pick up a cheeseburger and some fries and take it over to your aunt’s house. Can you do that for me?” Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z Redemption stared at his mother and his aunt, tears dripping down his motionless face, his hand a vise crushing Jam’s. Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z I kept trying to picture my mother or somebody, or my aunt, or Sally Hayes's crazy mother, standing outside some department store and collecting dough for poor people in a beat-up old straw basket. The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z “Yeah,” I said, wondering what it was like having aunts who brought you bird feathers. Maybe He Just Likes You 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z “Well, then your aunt Julia suddenly snaps up and remembers somewhere she has to be or someone she has promised to visit. It’s rude, you’re probably thinking, but it’s the only way.” Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z I hadn’t seen her since her house last Wednesday, which is the longest we’ve gone without seeing each other all year, except for during Christmas, when she visited her aunt in Cincinnati. A High Five for Glenn Burke 2020-02-25T00:00:00Z My mother said to my aunts, Hand me that pen, wrote Jacqueline where it asked for a name. Brown Girl Dreaming 2014-08-28T00:00:00Z And they have grandparents and aunts and uncles and cousins, or even brothers or sisters who are already grown up. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z Lived with widowed mother and two aunts until she moved to Sunset Towers. The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z Dray calls out, ignoring what my aunt has just said. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z Before the war, Jack had had parents, a brother, a sister, a grandfather, uncles, aunts, and cousins—eighty people in all. Surviving Hitler: A Boy in the Nazi Death Camps 2001-03-01T00:00:00Z And how could it be supposed that his uncle and aunt would spare him again?’ and so forth—I always felt that something would happen in our favour; and so it has, you see. Emma 1815-12-23T00:00:00Z “Why, your aunt, honey. Your daddy’s sister. That pretty Jean Lickfold that won the ladies’ golf tournament out at the club last year.” The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z A chill runs down my spine when I hear my aunt say this. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z Kit looked from one to the other, from her aunt’s barely restrained tears to her uncle’s waiting judgment There is nothing I can possibly tell them, she thought, except the truth. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z “He’s gone to live with his dear elderly aunt Bernice,” she said, voice gaining strength. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z He wondered what his aunt and uncle would do with them; burn them in the dead of night, probably, as if they were the evidence of some dreadful crime. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z “I’m staying with August till I go live with my aunt in Virginia.” The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z It was my great aunt, the one who usually locks herself in the bathroom. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z “It has been a terrible carnage, we know. We saw it from the window. But surely it is better that your aunt should be safe, and all the forms of justice satisfied.” The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z “It’s true. Your aunt had some odd notions. She taught the child herself. I disapproved, of course. Only leads to trouble.” Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z My aunt Debbie visited the courthouse and swore an affidavit that I was who I said I was. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z “They were very often away. It was Molly, my nanny, who really raised me. After they died, it was decided I would live with my aunt in London.” Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z His aunt said, “He has overspent his power,” but she had no art to help him. A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z “Everybody has a different way of dealing with these things,” my aunt replied. Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z By now I knew that not every body around here called “Uncle” or “Aunt” was necessarily your uncle or aunt. A Long Way from Chicago 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z The parlour “aunts” began to laugh at the parlour “uncles.” Fahrenheit 451 1953-01-01T00:00:00Z I felt uncomfortable knocking on my aunt’s door. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z Not just one kiss apiece, but kiss after kiss while I was still trying to figure out which aunt was which. Homesick 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z My aunt called, which cheered my mom up for a while, but once that wore off, she was more down than ever, shuffling around the house in her slippers, no makeup, her hair a disaster. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z “I understand, Aunt Rose,” she said before bidding her aunt good night. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z Finally, they settle on a strapless pale yellow gown, a hand-me-down from a glamorous aunt who used to be a beauty queen before she married and had kids. Before We Were Free 2002-08-13T00:00:00Z We got pretty punchy, imitating aunts and uncles and cousins we would be seeing the next day. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z My aunt came out of the room, tying her head with a cloth, and followed my uncle. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z My parents barbecued, smoked cigarettes, and played cards with my aunt, but my father also took long breaks to join us kids in the pool. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z The photographer arranges their whole group, even the mariachis, and Joaquin stands between Birdie and his sisters and his aunt and his parents, and he thinks of Melissa. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z This is so much like what a family would say, a mother or an aunt, that I’m thrown off guard. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z On Saturdays Celia and her aunt would go to the picture show. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z I couldn’t have imagined that I, a kid whose closest contact with boating was the Staten Island Ferry when I visited my aunt once a year, would end up lost at sea. Adrift 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z She was the favorite of our aunts; I'd never seen her this annoyed. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z She talked on and on about how much she’d suffered as an orphan at the hands of her aunts and uncles who hadn’t treated her half as kindly as she was treating us. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z This amiable spirit was felt at once, and both aunts ‘my deared’ her affectionately, looking what they afterward said emphatically, “That child improves every day.” Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z “Your mom called late last night. Your aunt had a very serious stroke. She’s not going to make it.” Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe 2012-02-21T00:00:00Z She got a good grip on each kid and thrust them at her aunt and uncle one by one. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z Lee Lee and I talk until her aunt tells her to get off the phone. Piecing Me Together 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z Respect is the first thing a child learns in a Dinka family—respect for mother, father, aunts, uncles, other children, and animals. Lost Boy, Lost Girl 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z The kitchen door had opened, and there stood Harry’s aunt, wearing rubber gloves and a housecoat over her nightdress, clearly halfway through her usual pre-bedtime wipe-down of all the kitchen surfaces. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z My aunt always makes me believe I can fly. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z James got into his own hammock—and oh, how soft and comfortable it was compared with the hard bare boards that his aunts had always made him sleep upon at home. James and the Giant Peach 1961-11-01T00:00:00Z The elderly aunts who were visiting took one look at them and came to the conclusion that Charles had proposed and Emma had refused. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z “I think my aunt accepts the idea of my marrying you because any children we have will be light. Lighter than I am, anyway. She always said I was a little too ‘highly visible.’” Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z At some point, once she was already with her aunt, she placed a greeting for her friend in the paper. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z One of his aunts, a heavyset woman, grabbed Morrie and began to wail: “What will you do without your mother? What will become of you?” Tuesdays with Morrie 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z Their older siblings and aunts would sometimes provide temporary shelter, but the living situation would get disrupted by violence or death, and so Trina would find herself wandering the streets again. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z My aunts had been very cordial to Ultima. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z Later that night, when my uncle and aunt returned from prayers, all my new family gathered around a cassette player on the verandah to listen to stories. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z “If my aunt doesn’t want the ring, the right thing to do is to give it back to the man who bought it for her.” Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z “What happened with you and your aunt back there?” he asks. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z “Well, your aunt Florentine can’t watch her anymore on funeral days, of course, so I’ve got to keep her close while I work. Maybe you can play with her when she wakes up...” Each Little Bird That Sings 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z "This is your aunt Catelyn, baby. My sister, Lady Stark. Do you remember?" A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z If I’m getting junk mail from my dead aunt, then maybe other people are, too. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z Minutes later Lupita was sitting once more in the rear seat of the red convertible, wrapped in her aunt’s shawl. Lupita Mañana 1981-03-21T00:00:00Z “I’m looking for my aunt. I could have sworn they told me Room One-oh-two, but there’s a colored woman in there.” The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z “What did you say?” his aunt snapped through the door. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z She gave me a hug, tight and official, and said, "We'll be back from my aunt's on the twenty-eighth. Take the train down and we'll go to shows." We Are Okay 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z But the aunt insisted on sending the boy to pick fruit there, and so he went, his heart a cold stone of fear inside him. The Girl Who Married a Lion: and Other Tales from Africa 2004-12-07T00:00:00Z I have this one stupid aunt with halitosis that kept saying how peaceful he looked lying there, D.B. told me. The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z They have their tea but Uncle Pa Keating, who is my uncle because he’s married to my aunt Aggie, picks up Eugene and takes him on his lap. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z Both aunts were now hopping around and around the tree, clapping their hands and shouting all sorts of silly things in their excitement. James and the Giant Peach 1961-11-01T00:00:00Z My dad and my aunt Rebecca were very young. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z When my family visited my aunt’s house in San Francisco, my grandmother searched for me among my many cousins. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z “I was always close to him. He and my aunt wanted kids, and they couldn’t have any. I was their kid.” Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z She held the pamphlet in front of her aunt. Go Set a Watchman: A Novel 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z |
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