POHW After Poster
by Isabella Maihofer
1) Hollis' Outlook on Life
"I have a last name now. It's Regan. I love the sound of it. I haven't forgotten Hollis Woods, who wanted and wished, fresh as paint, a mountain of trouble, so I sign my drawings with all three names. They all belong to me."page 165
2) Hollis' Trust
"But it would make a difference. I wanted to call Beatrice first. I wanted to hear that she'd come to live with Josie."page 154
3) Tough Hollis
"I didn't cry then, but just for a moment. If I had let myself go I would have had a hard time stopping."page 141
4) Wish to Want
"But the picture, and why it doesn't match the first one, the W picture: It's because I'm holding my sister Christina, six weeks old, in my arms." page 166
5) Kid for Izzy
"We stand over her bassinet smiling at her, cooing. And Izzy always put her arms around me. "You brought us luck, " she says. So there are five of us now: a mother, a father, a brother, and two sisters. A family." page 166
6) Changing the Mind
"How had I drawn all that and not seen it? Of course the Old Man loved Steven. He was going to love him whether I was there or not. Had I given them up for nothing, the whole family?" page 150
7) School for Hollis
"I reached into my pocket and held on to the shell. For the first time in my life, I thought, I'd really have to go to school. I'd have to if I wanted to stay at Josie's." page 54