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Grandfather kicked the stop pedal, and my face gave a high-five to the front window.

Jonathan Safran Foer

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Jonathan Safran Foer
Age: 47
Born: 1977
Born: February 21
Novelist
Writer
Washington
District of Columbia
Gave
Stop
Pedal
High
Pedals
Five
Kicked
Face
Grandfather
Faces
Fronts
Window
Front

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