“One by one, slow, quiet, with little more than a whispered end, Sofia snuffed the remaining candles. For every prayer she had that was never answered, she extinguished another light, another’s prayer, determined to take it back, to take them… — Douglas Weissman Copy Share Image
“She imagined all the mothers of the unnamed children, imagined the ad cut from the paper, a mother writing her child’s name at the bottom of the list to add their child to the names of those who would return home, those beautiful children who would never be forgotten, as if their child’s name needed to be on the list… — Douglas Weissman Copy Share
“Sam had never heard of a bear on a boat, but here she sat, on a boat with a bear. ” — Douglas Weissman Copy Share Image
“One by one, slow, quiet, with little more than a whispered end, Sofia snuffed the remaining candles. For every prayer she had that was… — Douglas Weissman Copy Share Image
“Peter loved to hear the story of how his father tried to steal the sun. ” — Douglas Weissman Copy Share Image
