That i was kind of hoping to start. >> and we had a great conversation about this book not too long ago. and i asked you to read a passage which is probably my favorite passage in the book because it is so poignant as to what the separation of a mother and the child really feels like. this is from chan ter call gamblers. it says after handing me a brown jacket with a made in the usa label on its collar, a christmas gift from her parents in california, the grandparents i would soon be living with, my mom says it might be cold there. it was the last thing i remember her saying. that parting ther...