Getting the name right, first thing — P-E-L-L-E-T-I-E-R
Only child, gifted kid, self-described loner: the bike as an instrument of exploration
Streetlights as the only curfew, and what kids lose without that
People-watching from a bicycle seat, and inventing stories about strangers — a habit that never left her
First job at eleven: booking appointments, running cash, sweeping floors, laundering towels
Babysitting at $2 an hour
Assistant manager at fourteen, coaching adults decades older
"Turtle shell outside, marshmallow inside — somewhere between don't mess with me and do you want a hug"
Why the all-business mask came first, and why vulnerability came later
Adopted at four out of a violent early childhood
"Tori, you need to do better than us" — and the crucial distinction between better than where I came from and better than any person
No money for the high school graduation trip
Book five arrives September 16
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