She was very important to me. We lived right next door to each other and we hardly ever spoke. She wrote these long essays on how the pieces made her feel. The beauty of it is that she, herself became a writer. The letters I get are not just from parents.
Teenagers really love the book.
I was a little different. That to me is such a grand accomplishment. I was really writing this book out of impulse and instinct. I decided to publish it because I wanted Jeremy to have a record of what he meant to me. I wanted to give other parents hope.