QUOTE : She thought about why she wanted to go home, even though her father was nice to her. Maybe it was because he forgot the names of people she’d just finished telling him about and because he sometimes asked the same questions twice. But the thing that made her feel dull and almost invisible was the way his gaze would drift sideways or over her shoulder as she spoke. His attention was like a child’s when there’s a television on in a room, and Clare could sense his eyes scanning as though another, better daughter might skip into view at any moment.