story from my mom.

my mom said that a couple weeks ago she saw when she was working at the library a friend from high school's husband's dad (her husband is older than us) who recently found out he had a relapse with cancer and she was like, "Hey [his name], there's a new Robert Parker book out, do you want me to put your name on the list for you?", since he really likes that series, and she said he stopped and had to think, which really bothered her; he really didn't know if he should put his name on the list, she said.