NothingButtheTruth

Begin Reading Table of Contents A Preview of Return to Me Copyright Page In accordance with the U.S. Copyright Act of 1976, the scanning, uploading, and electronic sharing of any part of this book without the permission of the publisher constitute unlawful piracy and theft of the author’s intellectual property. If you would like to use material from the book (other than for review purposes), prior written permission must be obtained by contacting the publisher at permissions@hbgusa.com. Thank you for your support of the author’s rights. For Tyler and Sofia, my hapa kids who are wholly wonderful 1 Belly-Button Grandmother While every other freshman is at the Spring Fling tonight, I have a date with an old lady whose thumb is feeling up my belly button. I turn my head to the side and catch a whiff of mothballs and five-spice powder on Belly-button Grandmother’s stained silk tunic and baggy black pants. At this moment, Janie and Laura are dancing in the gym that’s been transformed into a tropical paradise for the last all-school dance of the year. Me, I’m stretched out on this plastic-covered sofa with my T-shirt pushed up to my ......