How Life Was Before August Was Born

Interviewer: Hello fellow book readers, I’m here with Olivia Pullman from the book Wonder. She is August Pullman’s older sister. Welcome to the show!
Olivia: Thanks for having me.
Question1: In the story, you told us that your parents said you were the most understanding daughter ever because they are mostly paying attention to your brother because of his special needs. Can you explain how that makes you feel?
Answer: Ever since Auggie was born, there was no point for me to complain. Seeing him after his surgeries, I could only imagine the stress my mom and dad were put through. All the bills they had to pay, signing so much paper work and most of all making sure Auggie was okay. It is just one of those situations that you know what to do and what not to.
Answer: I don’t really remember life before then to be honest. I look at pictures every now and then from when I was a baby but they don’t seem to look right without Auggie in them. To me it feels like he has always been in my life.
Why did you think you felt that way?
Answer: Wherever we went with August people were always starring or kids were whispering to their parents saying “Mom, why does that boy look so scary”. It made me so mad that I would shot that person a dirty look or even yell at them. I remember at the grocery store once I yelled at a worker for getting all big eyed at him. So those four weeks with Grans was I guess like a break for me. During that break, people didn’t stare or nothing at Grans and