In order to understand a person, it's sometimes helpful to understand their family. That's true for nearly everyone, but it especially rings true for Noah.
Noah's an only child. He's fairly unremarkable in the way that most teenagers are fairly unremarkable. Like most other children his age, he has a best friend- not that he'd ever use that phrase, he's a teenager, but still. Teenagers hate that term, but no one in Nowhere has proposed a suitable alternative to it. Best friends it is.
Noah loves the forest. He knows the trees better than he knows himself. And sometimes, when his brain hurts from counting, making sure pills stay in bottles, checking his mother in the middle of the night to make sure she's okay, he goes there for a while. Just to clear his head.
Nowhere is a small town, the type of place where everyone knows everyone. For some people, that's a good thing. Not so for Noah. He dreams of moving to a big city-- the big city, Stockholm. He also knows he can't leave, not yet. His mother depends on him. If he hadn't stayed at home, she would either be dead or homeless by now. He wants to help her get better. Or even just help keep her alive. That would be enough.
Mr. Hendersson also dreams of Stockholm, of crowded streets and boats bobbing in the water. He's happy in Nowhere, though, doesn't want to leave. At least, not now.
Ake has been to Stockholm a few times. That's where he met Daniel Hendersson.
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A Town Called Nowhere
De TodoWhat goes on in a town called Nowhere? More than you'd expect. "I just let the pain take over, allowing it to numb the pain of being left behind." - Jessica Sorensen "I want someone to remember I existed. I want someone to know I was here." - Fredr...
