I hope when you read this book… You remember an emotion you forgot about. I hope it hurts your feelings and mends them all at once. I hope the mention of mid-November makes you feel haunted in ways that are both good and bad. I hope the pages about grey days and wet sidewalks make you think of someone in particular. I hope you’ve forgiven them. I hope reading this book feels like waking up from a nap in the dark, alone in your room, your nose cold from a cracked window you forgot to close. I hope it makes you think of the smell of your childhood home, and the way your bare feet feel on a warm
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