It was strange, really. A couple months ago, I had thought I couldn't live without him. Apparently I could. - Gabrielle Zevin

I'm going to play until the end of this life.

A.J. has never changed a diaper in his life, though he is a modestly skilled gift wrapper.

Did she ever reply?" Bong Cha narrowed her eyes at Sam, deciding if her grandson was trying to trick her into appearing foolish. "Yes, in my mind, she did. I knew your mother so well I could play her part. The same with my own mother and my grandmother and my childhood best friend, Euna, who drowned in the lake by her cousin's house. There are no ghosts, but up here" — she gestured toward her head — "it's a haunted house.