That's both good and bad news. It's great her mother's still alive but knowing Nicola will eventually have to part with Simon to be with her mother would really shatter my heart.
He spirit medium felt a little rushed. They could have made an entire chapter about it and gotten a bigger emotional impact out of it with the father and grandma talking.
@snowblues Same. I think I vaguely remember the box but the knife thing form her nuna is also a mystery to me. I think she got the bag of seeds from the treasures of the creatures that look like Cousin Itt from the "The Addams Family".