Del's Initial Edits - Introduction

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Line 5: "alright" is not a word, should be "all right"
Line 9: "slow" and "fast" are better contrast words, so I tweaked the language here a bit
Line 27: I didn't want to change it because maybe you don't care, but if you're reaching for American audiences, I would avoid "mum" because we never ever use that word over here and it instantly distracts me from the content of the book when I read it.  If you don't like "mom" or "mother", perhaps we can reword things so we're talking about "parents"?  Let me know what you think.
Line 29: I typically avoid "laughter" sounds in quotes, so I rephrased things a bit here.
Line 39: You said four sections, but it sounded like only 3 sections (Intentional off-by-one error?  Or just a mistake?  :P)  I split up the last two sentences here to make it sound like two different sections, but I don't know if that's your intent here.  Let me know!
Line 45: Since you're writing from the point of view of the book (and that's kind of unusual), I think it's important to clarify that every time you move to a new section.
Line 61: "Long drives" seems unnecessary, since that's pretty much what "road trips" are, so I deleted it.