Mommooshka answers “Why does Bod have to leave the Graveyard?”

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Why does Bod have to leave the Graveyard?

Mommooshka As Gaiman said in his Newbery Medal acceptance speech for this book, he realized as he was writing the ending "I was now writing about being a parent,…moreAs Gaiman said in his Newbery Medal acceptance speech for this book, he realized as he was writing the ending "I was now writing about being a parent, and the fundamental most comical tragedy of parenthood: that if you do your job properly, if you, as a parent, raise your children well, they won't need you anymore. If you did it properly, they go away. And they have lives and they have families and they have futures."(less)

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Sandra Thank you for that reminder! I remembered loving the Newbery Medal speech, but I thought it was because of something about his father in particular; b ...more
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