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I loved this little novella so much! Very Bradburyesque; I loved the references to Green Town. :) Beautiful and poignant. It also made me want to listen to more Willie Nelson.

"When I was dead, music would be the only thing worth missing.
But if we can carry anything with us to the afterlife, I had to believe it was music"

"She liked to say she’d lost her religion, but not her spirituality."

Same, Granny.

real question: did the author write this specifically for me?

"If there was a portal that could deliver me to the Shire, I’d walk through it willingly. If the hobbits came calling, they could have me without a fight."

"Ghosts might frighten other children, but I felt a kinship to them. Just as my grandmother did. It was something beautiful we shared, and in that moment, I felt an intense love for her."

"As soon as I was old enough to sound out words, my grandmother loaded me down with books about aliens, bigfoot, ghosts, trolls living under bridges, portals to fairy kingdoms, doomsday cults..."