Gabrielle Zevin

The Storied Life of A. J. Fikry

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  • Katihas quoted9 months ago
    A.J. nods. “Call me later, okay?”

    It is Daniel who calls later. “Ismay’s in the hospital,” he says flatly. “Another miscarriage.”

    That makes two in the last year, five total
  • Katihas quoted9 months ago
    THE NEXT AFTERNOON, once the snow has stopped and even begun to melt away into mud, a body washes up against the small strip of land near the lighthouse. The ID in her pocket says that this is Marian Wallace, and it does not take long for Lambiase to deduce that the body and the baby are, in fact, related
  • Katihas quoted9 months ago
    “You said the mother had been through the foster system?”

    Lambiase nods.

    “Suppose she thought the kid would stand a better chance in a bookstore.”

    “Who can say?”
  • Katihas quoted9 months ago
    “You said the mother had been through the foster system?”

    Lambiase nods.

    “Suppose she thought the kid would stand a better chance in a bookstore.”

    “Who can say?”
  • Katihas quoted9 months ago
    If one afternoon with a baby can have such a refining influence on A.J., imagine what could happen to Daniel when the baby is born. Her brother-in-law’s small gesture gives her hope. She rubs her belly. It’s a boy in there, and they’ve already chosen a name and a backup name if the original name doesn’t suit.
  • Katihas quoted9 months ago
    To the Owner of This Bookstore:

    This is Maya. She is twenty-five months old. She is VERY SMART, exceptionally verbal for her age, and a sweet, good girl. I want her to grow up to be a reader. I want her to grow up in a place with books and among people who care about those kinds of things. I love her very much, but I can no longer take care of her. The father cannot be in her life, and I do not have a family that can help. I am desperate.

    Yours,

    Maya’s Mother
  • Katihas quoted9 months ago
    My wife’s sister, Ismay, teaches at the high school
  • Katihas quoted9 months ago
    in combination with the sedative is mellowing
  • Katihas quoted9 months ago
    Come, thou monarch of the vine
  • Katihas quoted9 months ago
    feeling under the weather
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