Ann Patchett
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And Eddie is thrilled to see her.
And right from the start, they decide,
They are going to be great friends.
I am interested in family.
And I had a great, big, sprawling, messy family when I was growing up.
And in ways it was awful.
And in ways it was fantastic.
Lots and lots of different people coming in and out.
So I think it's not that
the idea of what constitutes a family necessarily needs to be expanded because I think it's pretty huge at this point.
But yes, a stepmother isn't always bad.
A stepfather isn't always bad.
I've had several people who've read this book say, oh, I got really worried when the stepfather shows up, you know, worried that something creepy was going to happen.
And I was like, no, no, no, it's a really good stepfather.
I would not generalize.
I think it's a kid-by-kid basis.
I do believe...