this novel is about the revolutionary war . `` i do not want to owe favors to you . '' but it would be another two years before he seriously took to the road again . i think your baby just kicked me . so i told him i 'd have gone to work at a zoo if i 'd wanted to be grabbed by an ape . '' i felt a little better when i ended the call with my sister . he raised his head and swallowed . feeling seemed more important than breathing . 