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16. Laughter is not about humor,
it is about acknowledging a shared joy.
Laughter is about bonding.

Example: When I hear men laughing,
I do not enter the room.
I crawl home in the dark.

But the reason I tell you about Liam’s body, discovered by a fisherman, dear reader, is to help you understand the fabric of the air the first time I returned to the site of his grave.

Reader, I cannot promise you will be less afraid when you finish this book, but I hope you will feel more able to name what lives inside you.