About the Book: The World Was All Before Them
I am dividing. It is as though I am holding myself cupped in my own hands and I
am falling to pieces there, slipping through my fingers. And that is true. That
is how we are in the world. We are pieced together out of lots of different
bits. Itsmagical ...There are more than seven billion people on the planet. They
have, on average, over 10 billion nerve cells in their brains and 5 litres of
blood pumping through their bodies. Their skeletons are made up of 206 bones and
their hearts beat approximately 72 times per