Ann Patchett
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There was nothing she could do.
And I just don't think...
she would grow up and think, well, now I have a computer.
Let me see if I could find him.
She's still thinking with her child's brain, this is the way it is.
So anyway, I'm sorry, she's thrilled.
She's thrilled to see Eddie.
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.