And maybe by imagining these futures we can make it real, and maybe not, but either way we must imagine them.

“My dad: “Emily, this risotto…” My mom: “It’s just delicious.” Gus’s mom: “Oh, t…”

“All along — not only since she left, but for a decade before — I had been imagi…”

“She is funny without ever being mean.”

“the point is that there are always answers.”