Adam Mercer

Quotes

1.  "Nana, one of the wealthiest people in Millerton, expected a perfect family, a family who would live up to the high standards set by Nana's father.  But her children have failed her, which means Nana has failed."-- Hattie

2.  "Maybe Nana and Papa think he doesn't fit in there.  Certainly, he is not part of the perfect world Nana has worked so hard to create."-- Hattie (pg. 34)

3.  "Funeral days either pour down rain or pour forth sunshine.  Nothing in between."-- Cookie (pg. 174)

4.  "He was called lots of names.  And that was one of the things that made it hard to be Adam."-- Hattie (pg. 177)

5.  "Last summer, the summer I turned twelve, was the summer Adam came.  And forever after I will think of events as Before Adam or After Adam." -- Hattie (pg. vii)