“But one day, when Toby is old enough, I will take down a shoe box from a shelf where it is kept, and I will tell him again the story of his sister, Isabel Margaret Cavendish, the girl who came before.” ChildrenBittersweetEndingPoignantMother And ChildJ P DelaneyThe Girl Before Book:The Girl Before Source: The Girl Before
“Love flows from me into him, and his blue eyes crinkle, huge and happy. Such a smiley baby. The midwife says it can't be a real smile, not yet, just some passing gas or a random quiver of his lip, but I know she's wrong.” BabyHappySmilingMother And ChildJ P DelaneyThe Girl Before Book:The Girl Before Source: The Girl Before