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The Bonesetter's Daughter
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They are actually fragments of meteors penetrating the earth's atmosphere, burning up in their descent.†
Chpt 1.1 *

meteors = streaks of light in the sky caused by small space rocks burning up in Earth’s atmosphere
She did not actually believe that her laryngitis was star-crossed, or that the meteor shower had anything to do with her inability to speak.†
Chpt 1.1

meteor = a streak of light in the sky caused by a small space rock burning up in Earth’s atmosphere
Ruth had envisioned the four of them holding hands and walking down to the Truckee River to watch the nightly meteor showers in quiet awe.†
Chpt 1.1

Definitions:

(1) (meteor)
a streak of light in the sky caused by a small space rock (a meteoroid) burning up in Earth’s atmosphere
(2) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)