Status Updates From Dinner with the Schnabels

The Schnabel Family Series is so good! I have read "Pretty if She Smiled more" first (second book of the series) which was a good thing, I believe.

I have learnt so much about Simon today on my commute. Time well spent. This is all so uplifting and enjoyable. Even though it tackles difficult things at times. What a talented Australian author!

"There was probably a German word for this, he thought. Nostalgia for a house you didn't appreciate at the time but grieve for once you've moved."

"(...) and everyone knew that the only successful way to stop dark clouds from spreading and taking over everything was to fence them off in your mind and look the other way, both metaphorically and physically."

I like the bond that the siblings have! I am glad that I read "Prettier if She Smiled More" first. I feel I know the Schnabels well already.

"Great. Now this stranger was translating his own wife to him."