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Definition
important Hindu god worshipped as the destroyer (or transformer who destroys in order to re-create)
- Irene had baked for the shiva at the Sapphires' house in Bayonne, and now Ben Sapphire's sons were headed back to Chicago and Los Angeles with their wives and children.p. 110.3
- Shivap. 205.8
- Steve went to Kathy Stein's house in Perth Amboy, where her family would be sitting shiva for seven days.p. 205.9
- Even though we buried her and sat shiva, none of it feels real.p. 213.7
- He'd swiped a photo of Kathy from her house when he'd been there for shiva.p. 311.7
There are no more uses of "Shiva" in In the Unlikely Event.
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