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When his daughter, Amy - a gifted doctor, mother, and wife - collapsed and died from an asymptomatic heart condition, Roger Rosenblatt and his wife, Ginny, left their home on the South Shore of Long Island to move in with their son-in-law, Harris, and their three young grandchildren,... read more
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- Jessie: Oldest daughter of Amy and Harris, 7 year old Jessica is full of life and full of spunk.
- Harris: Hand surgeon Harris was married to Amy and is dad to Jessie, Sammy and James (a.k.a. Bubbsie).
- Amy: Add a description of this character.
- Ginny
- Sammy
- Carl
- Wendy
- John
- James
- Andrew
- Ryan
- Kevin
- Stephen
- Howard
- Ligaya
- Harold
- Mrs. Salcetti
- Ms. Carone
- Peter
- Betsy
- Mimi
- Sammer
- Bob
- Ms. Merritt
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“We were married in a Unitarian church in New York. (pg 29)”
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“If there have been, at various times, trifling misunderstandings in our life, now I see how one was unable to value the passing time.” As far as I can tell, this is how to live—to value the passing time.
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“I wish you work that matters. I wish you the joy of great love in marriage. I wish you the beauty and fulfillment that comes from being a mother.”
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I am learning what most people know at a much younger age—that life is to be endured, and its rewards earned.
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She maintains such friends because, like Amy, she listens to them. If someone tells her something, good or bad, she never tries to top it with a story of her own in those pointless competitions many people enter into, but rather concentrates on the person who seeks her attention.
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“Every girl child peers up from her crib, sees her old man, and thinks, ‘Sucker.’”
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There is no logic to the relationship of in-laws. The one you love chooses the one he or she loves, and the rest is up to you and that person.
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Some say that children learn to speak in order to tell the stories already in them.
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“What better remembrance of Amy’s indistinguishable light than that we now illuminate each other’s lives.”
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grief is a lifelong process for every one of us, not just the children. As for the demarcation of a year, “Things actually get worse. You, Ginny, and Harris are now realizing the hard truth that this is how life will be from now on. One year is no time at all.”
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Introducing the subject, I told the second graders that one of the sad and difficult things about children everywhere is that they have no power. Jessie raised her hand. “That’s not true, Boppo,” she said. “We have the power of thought and kindness.”
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First Sentence edit
The trick when foraging for a tooth lost in coffee grounds is not to be misled by the clumps.
Authors & Contributors edit
- Roger Rosenblatt (Author)
First Edition edit
Original Language: English
Publisher: Ecco
Country: Add the country of publication.
Publication Date: 2010
ISBN: 006182593X
Page Count: 176
Publisher: Ecco
Country: Add the country of publication.
Publication Date: 2010
ISBN: 006182593X
Page Count: 176
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- Library of Congress: Add the Library of Congress Classification.
- Dewey: 306.8745092
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