"It was thrilling to hear him pronounce my name.  It doesn't matter how simply your name is; it's always a surprise to hear it spoken aloud for the first time by someone new, how the specific arrangement of syllables sounds coming out of their mouth...He said it like it was the first time he'd said 'Harriet' in his life.  Like it was a word he'd never thought about, or needed to know before, but that he would from now on."
-Dear Emma by Katie Heaney