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359 pages, Paperback
First published July 27, 2017
floyd was involved in ellies disappearance (i dont think it will be a kidnapping, but maybe manipulated to run away?) and poppy is ellies daughter. i also dont think ellie will be dead.i still havent figured out how im going to reward myself for a correct prediction - the game is a work in progress - so suggestions are welcome. lol.
" 'Yes, well, if you ever answered your phone,' Laurel told her daughter, Hanna.
Hanna sighs, Laurel sighs too, realizing she has just done the thing she always promised herself she would never do. When the children were small, Laurel's mother would occasionally make small, raw observations about gaps between phone calls and visits that would tear tiny, painful strips off Laurel's conscience. 'I will never guilt-trip my children when they are adults,' she'd vowed. 'I will never expect more than they are able to give.'"
"Her role was simply to be a human-sounding board."
"A man who can't love but desperately needs to be loved is a dangerous thing indeed."
"You know, how you get to forty and you suddenly stop giving a sh** about all the stupid things you worried about your whole life. Well, nine year old Poppy is already there."
“Caring and being interested are two very different things.”
“Stories are the only things in this world that are real. Everything else is just a dream”