All 3 Uses of
translucent
in
The Memory Keeper’s Daughter
- Tiny, tiny fingernails, still soft, translucent as the daylight moon.†
p. 37.4translucent = almost transparent -- allowing light to pass through without providing a clear image
- So beautiful, the bones of his small son, opaque yet appearing here as if they were filled with light, translucent images floating in the darkness of his office, as strong and as delicate as the intertwined branches of a tree.†
p. 152.9
- Phoebe, sitting straight in the seat beside him, her skin so white, almost translucent, took a Kleenex from a small pack in her large black plastic purse and of fered it to him.†
p. 398.9 *