I'm sorry,Lena

“I learned to tell stories from my mom. "Your dad's not feeling well today," she…”

“...I've never really had a party before.""Why did you have one now?" I say, jus…”

“Are you a girl or a boy?' Liesl was wearing the same thin nightshirt she had be…”

“it occurs to me that there is so much I never knew about him--his past, his rol…”