A Scattered Life (2010) (edit title/settings)

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• Skyla: One of the three narrators of this novel, wife of Thomas, a free-spirited young woman who lost her mother during childhood and thinks she's now looking for stability in her life.
• Roaxanne: Another narrator of the book, a charismatic mother of five, neighbor to Skyla and a woman who quickly finds a place in Skyla's heart and fills a void in her life.
• Audrey: The final narrator of the book, the strongly opinionated, meddling mother-in-law of Skyla who is constantly judging people and life decisions.
• Thomas: Audrey's son and Skyla's reliable husband, a teacher, who doesn't embrance change and likes everything constant in his life.
• Roxanne Bear: Add a description of this character.
• Nora
• Gram
• Dennis
• Ted
• Gregory
• Risa
• Jeffrey
• Dr. Davy
• Madame Picard
• Mrs. Williams
• Buddy
• Emmett
• Bert
• Mrs. Wynn
• Clara
• Mike
• Oscar

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• “People are the only things that matter...There's a lot of love out there....if you'll just let people into your life. Open your heart.”

  Roxanne

• “...sometimes life gives you what you need instead of what you want, if you know what I mean.”

  Audrey

• “The void in her life didn’t show any signs of going away. Periodically she checked on it the way a child searches out the gap of a missing tooth with his tongue.”

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• “Sometimes in life we need to just let things go, let other people have their way, even if we’re sure we’re right.”

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• A friend, he said, was someone you could call in the middle of the night if you’re stuck downtown and your car won’t start. A true friend will come and get you without thinking twice about it.

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• How very odd it was, she thought, to live your life so decisively, to be so sure of how everything should be, as if everything in life was black and white instead of various shades of gray.

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• “It’s good to plan, but don’t let the planning take the place of doing.

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• “It’s a matter of karma. You did something to cause someone else pain, and you won’t be released from your own pain until you make it up to them.”

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• memorized—People are the only things that matter, Roxanne had written. There’s a lot of love out there, Skyla, if you’ll just let people into your life. Open your heart.

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• People were pretty easy to get a handle on if you took the time to watch and listen.

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• There’s a lot of love out there, Skyla, if you’ll just let people into your life. People are the only things that matter. Open your heart.

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• Most people have everything they need to be happy. The words latched onto some part of Skyla’s brain. She repeated the phrase to herself while she rang up books and stocked shelves. It had a certain resonance to it, but she doubted it was true.

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• Wisconsin
• Pellswick
• Ohio

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1. Karen McQuestion (Author)

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• Dewey: 813

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• Books › Literature & Fiction › Contemporary

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