Haley Newlin’s Reviews > The Between > Status Update

Everyone in Hilton’s life thinks he needs help. He’s confusing realities

“I left you a curse, not a blessing.”

“Maybe he was simply losing his mind. In some ways, Hilton decided, that would be a relief.”


Hilton’s family threatened, marriage on the rocks, he isn’t sleeping and when he is he has nightmares. He’s becoming more aggressive and paranoid

“Racism was out there, and Hilton figured it was better for his kids to grow up knowing it rather than fooling themselves into thinking everything was wonderful because they could drink from any water fountain or sit in classrooms next to little white kids.”

“How many times do you think you can die? Do you think you can keep dying forever?”

Poor Hilton. It’s like his daughter grew up over night

Hilton knew that “anything left unsaid was far more dangerous than spoken words could be.”

Hilton grew to fear Nana as a child and it’s all coming back to him in haunting dreams now

“Nana ain’t dead no more.”

Hilton dedicates all his time to helping people to make up for his grandmother dying for him