“He was already fading. I knew that it wouldn't be long until he was just a vague image, however much I tried to cling onto his memory.”

“I wanted to tell her that Luka wasn't like any other boy I'd ever know before. Not because he was a ghost. Because he was Luka.”

“I knew now that we were never going to be a proper family again.”

“The whole fairground with all its memories would soon be smashed into the dust.”

“He was one of those people who completely changes when they smile. Like the sun had come out.”

“Just for a moment, amid all the bad stuff, this was a happy place again.”

“I lay for hour thinking about London, my old bedroom and the Dad-shaped hole in my life.”