Summary

In Violet’s narration “142 Days To Go” Finch throws rocks at Violet’s bedroom window at 2 a.m. Even though she’s mad she gets dressed and goes with him. He takes her to Bookmarks, the town’s bookstore. He looks for the same book he was unable to find at the Bookmobiles. The bookstore doesn’t have the book either but he settles on Dr. Seuss. The two wind up reading from the book “Oh the Places You’ll Go” and dancing in the store. Afterward, they climb the Purina Tower where they look out over the town. She expresses her worry to him that she might have come to the end of her writing life. He tells her some things have a natural end but she won’t know unless she tries to write again. When...