Since Evan’s injury, Meredith could read his mood, predict how the day would go, by how much of his morning bathroom routine was completed.
-- Narrator (Chapter 1 )

Importance: Meredith has learned that she can determine what sort of day her brother is having depending on how long he spends in the bathroom. Evan’s life, and the lives of his family members, has not been the same since he lost the sight in his left eye after he was hit in the face by a foul ball.

Everywhere he spent any time at all — home, school, gym, hospital — was a delicate balance of distraction versus reminder, but at least at school the distractions were constant and diverse, a barrage coming at such a rapid-fire pace that sometimes he probably forgot for seconds or minutes about what had happened.
-- Narrator (Chapter 1)

Importance: Meredith believed that Evan often decided to go to school because there was so much...