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So you’re telling me this book has a music playlist AND this list features the most haunted classic and newer Depeche Mode songs?? LOVE THIS so far.

Well that was a rollercoaster start for sure

“I’d already met a version of Rumpelstiltskin, and an old woman who lived not in a shoe but below the sign of one; I myself was a version of Jack the Beanstalk Boy, and isn’t Star Wars just another fairy tale, albeit one with excellent special effects?”

“He never cheated. Not once.”
It is just a line. But also a paragraph, and a whole story of a kept promise and hope. And it is heartbreakingly beautiful.

Uh-oh, pack your bags, we’re going on a guilt trip, …

“…but sometimes I thought I could hear a heavenly whisper of disapproval: Not good enough, Charlie. Do you really think picking up roadside trash is payback for the good life you and your father are living now?”

…heartbreaking.

O M G. Starting strong - 13 pages in, and we have a death of a loved one, addiction and fighting addiction with the help of AA…

Addictively well-written and as always so THERAPEUTICAL. Because the struggle is real, and it is happenning inside our heads - as a fellow overthinker and anxious person I think I would be besties with Ellen 😄

The toddler babysitting scene is just SPOT ON. I would copy it and hand out to everybody, who tells me “enjoy it while it lasts” or “they are only little once”… or other mum-shaming comments.