a thousand memories began to play at once : she was lost in a department store the week before christmas and her father was nowhere to be seen ; and now she was sitting in the bar at chi-chi 's , ordering a strawberry daiquiri and checking out her blind date , the big , grave man-child , and wondering how he kissed ; and she was in the car as , sickeningly , it rolled and jolted , and robbie was screaming at her until the metal post finally stopped the car , but not its contents , from moving ...