Ever since a year ago, when his father lost his sales job and started sleeping half the day, she'd gone sort of quiet, not even getting after Brendan to do his schoolwork the way she used to.

自从一年前他的父亲丢掉了销售工作的饭碗，开始半天半天的睡觉，母亲就变得相当安静，甚至不像从前那样催着布伦丹去做回家作业。