Words
Bird Bird Bird, Bird is the WordYou can't have a book without words (duh). You also can't have language (double duh). They're kind of the building blocks of the whole thing. But could you have huma...
Independence
It's Gonna Happen Soon, But Not TodayIndependence
conjures up images of fluttering flags, fireworks, and exuberant
celebration. It might be reason for a party 200 years after the fact,
but it do...
How to Survive 101 Calamities
Worst-Case SurvivorsRachel refers to the fictional book How to Survive 101 Calamities on two occasions. This book is like the Worst-Case Scenario guides, except the "worst-case" in this instan...
The Equatorial
The Equatorial is the hotel Rachel inherits from her dead husband. (Which dead husband? Oh, the third or fourth one, we lost count. Whatevs.) Rachel works really hard—for once in her life—to ma...