He is fifteen and ten and five. He is an instant. He is flying back to her. He is hers again. She feels the weight of hi — Ann Patchett, Commonwealth
He is fifteen and ten and five. He is an instant. He is flying back to her. He is hers again. She feels the weight of hi — Ann Patchett, Commonwealth
He is fifteen and ten and five. He is an instant. He is flying back to her. He is hers again. She feels the weight of hi — Ann Patchett, Commonwealth
He is fifteen and ten and five. He is an instant. He is flying back to her. He is hers again. She feels the weight of hi — Ann Patchett, Commonwealth
He is fifteen and ten and five. He is an instant. He is flying back to her. He is hers again. She feels the weight of hi — Ann Patchett, Commonwealth
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He is fifteen and ten and five. He is an instant. He is flying back to her. He is hers again. She feels the weight of him in her chest as he comes into her arms. He is her son, her beloved child, and she takes him back.

— Ann Patchett, Commonwealth
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