For long minutes, she would stare as the colors faded and a glassy light emerged from the sky and from the Scotch pines surrounding the house.

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There would be light showers in some areas, but many places would have a dry day, she added.

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The writer told the Guardian newspaper the third book would be called The Mirror And The Light, the title she originally chose for the second novel.

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When Woodside, California, mom Dana Sanderson asked her daughter Kit, then 6, what would help her sleep alone, Kit decided she needed a bigger night-light and a "Mommy pillow, " a body pillow with her mom's image traced in fabric paint.

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"I would go for something more light-colored, a bit washed out, " she says, suggesting a faded blue floral on white or washed red on white.

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