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Hi. Congrats on your book. It's a masterpiece, I must say that. I felt a close relation with Grazina, and hi, there were some moments I burst into tears. I think Grazina and Hai heal each other and they were literally like a medicine to each other.

Hi. Congrats on your book. It's a masterpiece, I must say that. I felt a close relation with Grazina, and hi, there were some moments I burst into tears. I think Grazina and Hai heal each other and they were literally like a medicine to each other.

Hi. Congrats on your book. It's a masterpiece, I must say that. I felt a close relation with Grazina, and hi, there were some moments I burst into tears. I think Grazina and Hai heal each other and they were literally like a medicine to each other.

So my question is, there were so many poetic lines in the book and there was this line at the beginning of the chapter, the hardest thing in the world is to leave only once. So what does this line mean to you? Does it resonate for you on any personal level or does it resonate with Hai and the characters involved?

So my question is, there were so many poetic lines in the book and there was this line at the beginning of the chapter, the hardest thing in the world is to leave only once. So what does this line mean to you? Does it resonate for you on any personal level or does it resonate with Hai and the characters involved?

So my question is, there were so many poetic lines in the book and there was this line at the beginning of the chapter, the hardest thing in the world is to leave only once. So what does this line mean to you? Does it resonate for you on any personal level or does it resonate with Hai and the characters involved?

Very much so. Thank you so much, Ocean, for giving us this book. It was incredible. I loved it. Thank you. So I know that this is set in New England, but it felt like East Gladness could be any small town really suspended in time. I grew up in Middle America, in and around towns that were left behind.

Very much so. Thank you so much, Ocean, for giving us this book. It was incredible. I loved it. Thank you. So I know that this is set in New England, but it felt like East Gladness could be any small town really suspended in time. I grew up in Middle America, in and around towns that were left behind.

Very much so. Thank you so much, Ocean, for giving us this book. It was incredible. I loved it. Thank you. So I know that this is set in New England, but it felt like East Gladness could be any small town really suspended in time. I grew up in Middle America, in and around towns that were left behind.

And it immediately transported me in chapter one when I was really feeling something deeply familiar. So I felt really life at the edge of nothing, the looming presence of addiction, the randomness of tragedy, working poverty, fast food. And this isn't the first time that you've written about small towns and near rural life.

And it immediately transported me in chapter one when I was really feeling something deeply familiar. So I felt really life at the edge of nothing, the looming presence of addiction, the randomness of tragedy, working poverty, fast food. And this isn't the first time that you've written about small towns and near rural life.

And it immediately transported me in chapter one when I was really feeling something deeply familiar. So I felt really life at the edge of nothing, the looming presence of addiction, the randomness of tragedy, working poverty, fast food. And this isn't the first time that you've written about small towns and near rural life.

And I wanted to know what draws you to this kind of setting and what continues to inspire you about places like this.

And I wanted to know what draws you to this kind of setting and what continues to inspire you about places like this.

And I wanted to know what draws you to this kind of setting and what continues to inspire you about places like this.

Wow, really?