jengm 's review for:

4.0

Lovely book with some important quotes...
p. 58 "That's one of the things books do. They help us talk. But they also give us something we all can talk about when we don't want to talk about ourselves." (Mary Anne, Will's mother, speaking)

p. 130 I was learning that when you're with someone who is dying, you may need to celebrate the past, live the present, and mourn the future all at the same time. (Will, the author speaking)

p. 326 She never wavered in her conviction that books are the most powerful tool in the human arsenal, that reading all kinds of books, in whatever format you choose is the grandest intertainment and also is how you take part in the human conversation. Mom taught me that you can make a difference in the world and that books really do matter: they're how we know what we need to do in life, and how we tell others.