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

“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.”

“It seemed like five minutes later we were here, the Land That Time Forgot, watching the removal van disappear round the corner like a last hope.”

“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.”

“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.”

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