" In fact, it was her who told me to call you. On Sunday. She can barely talk, it takes her an age to form a sentence; usually all she wants to talk about is dying. But she told me to call you. She said it was fantastic that I'd met you. She literally put my phone in my hand. It's the most" -she glances down at her lap- "the most maternal thing she's done in a decade. The most human thing she's done in months. It moved me. "

― Lisa Jewell , Then She Was Gone