Sentences with phrase «high wire tale»

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Not surprisingly, our brains are wired with circuitry so that we can scrupulously avoid such fates, whether that means expulsion to the desert as in the Biblical tale of Hagar and Ishmael or the heartbreak of not getting that long - awaited invitation to the high school prom.

But first impressions don't begin to tell the tale in this honest, audacious high - wire comedy.

The Betrayers is a high - wire act, a powerful tale of morality and sacrifice that will haunt readers long after they turn the final page.