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Noah Bloom: [narrating] Mom loves the ocean. She always has. Mom meet dad on the beach when there were teenagers. They've been together ever since. That's me when I was four. Rueben's my middle brother. He's always been annoying. And then Oli, lucky last. And that's us, the Blooms.
[family photo]
Noah Bloom: Everything was pretty much perfect. But then last year happened. Us kids wanted to go to Disney Land. But mom and dad chose Thailand instead. I liked Thailand.
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Noah Bloom: [narrating] Mom broke her back at what the doctors called T-6. But what mom calls her "bra strap".
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Noah Bloom: [narrating] Mom's not the person she once was. And I know she's not the person she wanted to be. But to me, she's much more than that.
Penguin Bloom Quotes
Extended Reading