Source: A Debut Author Imagines Herself Into Other Lives In 'Asymmetry'
<Asymmetry is a book whose title tells the tale: It's made up of two disparate stories with no apparent connection, and a third story that just hints at the link between the two.>
HALLIDAY [the author]: (Reading) They sat without speaking for a while, the man eating his ice cream and Alice pretending to read her book. Two joggers in a row gave them a second glance as they passed. Alice knew who he was. She'd known the moment he sat down, turning her cheeks watermelon pink. But in her astonishment, she could only continue staring like a studious little garden gnome at the impassible pages that lay open in her lap.
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Hi everyone! Does "impassible" mean:
2.not susceptible to pain or injury
<Asymmetry is a book whose title tells the tale: It's made up of two disparate stories with no apparent connection, and a third story that just hints at the link between the two.>
HALLIDAY [the author]: (Reading) They sat without speaking for a while, the man eating his ice cream and Alice pretending to read her book. Two joggers in a row gave them a second glance as they passed. Alice knew who he was. She'd known the moment he sat down, turning her cheeks watermelon pink. But in her astonishment, she could only continue staring like a studious little garden gnome at the impassible pages that lay open in her lap.
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Hi everyone! Does "impassible" mean:
2.not susceptible to pain or injury