Srividya Madhu
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Gabrielle Zevin:
i loved reading storied life..it was such an enchanting read..it was in my to read list a long time.i believe all books find you at the right time in your life,when you are in the right frame of mind to appreciate it .thank u so much.there is one mystery that is left unsolved though..ajai.j.fikry,what does j stand for? dont know why it should matter,still it does.generally we indians dont have a middle name after all!
Gabrielle Zevin
Thank you very much, and I am glad someone asked me this question! A.J. is only half-Indian, but indeed, he does not have a middle name in keeping with the traditions of that side of his heritage. A.J. is actually Ajay (he is only referred to this way once during the book during the dream he has of Nicole in the first chapter), and he uses this homophonic(?) version of his name as a way of trying to fit in. He probably began doing it when he was in school -- I imagine him, as a boy, having grown tired of a name he perceived to be exotic and hard to pronounce, a name that drew attention to the fact that he was "other" than the white people who were his classmates in New Jersey. By the time he was an adult, he had been calling himself A.J. so long that he had become A.J.
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Clare dooley
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Gabrielle Zevin:
Will there ever be anymore books in the series " In the Age of Blood and Chocolate "? I love all your writing, well that's a slight fib I consider you an author who's novels I can pick up to get lost in a whimsy twist on life , when I saw " the holes we dig " , it was so dark. Such an accurate portrayal of where alot of ppl are in life current day. But I must admit it made me sad to think you may put the whimsy away?
Leonard
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Gabrielle Zevin:
I am reading Tomorrow and Tomorrow and Tomorrow... Mario didn't ground pound until Mario 64 for the N64. On the NES console he just jumped on their heads.... of course this nitpicky comment is my just being silly. This book has grabbed me from the start and I can't wait to finish it and will definitely be checking out more of your stuff. So, the actual question: can I follow you on any social media?
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Gabrielle Zevin:
Hi Gabrielle, thank you so much for writing Young Jane Young. I LOVED it. Having said that, I am curious why Aviva doesn't confront Jorge about the baby or (and) reveal who the father is to her daughter. If it were the Congressman, I wouldnt have been surprised by her reticence. What's the rationale for this scenario?
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