Lou spends every Saturday with Grandad and Pops. They walk to the library hand in hand, like a chain of paper dolls. Grandad reads books about science and design, Pops listens to rock and roll, and Lou bounces from lap to lap. But everything changes one Saturday. Pops has a fall. That night there is terrible news: Pops will be confined to a wheelchair, not just for now, but for always. Unable to cope with his new circumstances, he becomes withdrawn...

Kip is spending the summer with his grandmother and his five eccentric girl cousins, including Emily, who thinks she's a dog. Gran's house is about to be demolished, so anything goes, whether it's drawing maps on the walls or sawing off the knob at the bottom of the banister for a smoother ride. When Kip bashes through an old closet, he discovers the binder his late father kept as a teenager. He's bewildered by what he finds: puzzling lists, hair...

"Despite living an ocean apart, a child connects with her grandfather over a shared love of pie and learns to hold space for him through his progressive illness"--

Une histoire d'amour avant tout, qui réunit deux générations « Gloria était contente. C'était mercredi. Elle allait retrouver Grand-Mère Tout Doucement. Le vent était doux. Il tourbillonna dans ses cheveux courts et bruns. On sentait le printemps qui s'approchait. D'ailleurs, on était le mercredi 18 mars. Gloria se mit à marcher plus vite. Grand-Mère Tout Doucement, c'était la maman de sa maman… pourtant, ces derniers temps, la vieille...