" Remember at the beginning of this story, how I said I lost my mum? Really, what I meant was I lost the idea of Mum. The idea that she was perfect and invincible and always right. But as well as the shark, I found the real Mum, with her complications and tangles and tears, and I love her just as much as ever. More, maybe. I told you to watch out for words, they are tricksy. "

― Kiran Millwood Hargrave , Julia and the Shark