I closed my eyes and curled my fists around the things I knew for sure:That a scallop has thirty-five eyes, all blue.That a tuna will suffocate if it ever stops swimming.That I was loved.That this time, it was not me who broke
In "Handle with Care" by Jodi Picoult, the protagonist reflects on certain immutable truths that ground her amidst turbulent emotions. She finds comfort in specific facts about marine life, like the number of eyes a scallop has and the swimming needs of a tuna. These details provide her with a sense of stability and certainty in an otherwise chaotic situation.
Moreover, she acknowledges the profound and undeniable feeling of being loved,...