The Awakening
Subtitle: Literary Touchstone
Publisher: Prestwick House Inc.
Published: March 1, 2005
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 168
ISBN-13: 9781580495820
First sentence: A GREEN AND YELLOW parrot, which hung in a cage outside the door, kept repeating over and over: "Allez vous-en! Allez vous-en! Sapristi! That's all right!"