Discuss an instance when Amal uses a simile to indicate the state of her friendship with Adam.

In Chapter 28, at Adam's birthday party, Amal and Adam have a major argument. It starts with Amal's rejection of Adam's attempt to kiss her, but ends with both of them declaring that they do not understand one another at all and that they should not be friends. Though the two have always discussed religion openly and respectfully before this moment, Adam takes a whole different tone when he says, "Hey, whatever you believe is up to you" and Amal describes his tone as "so dry it feels like he's put in one of those machines Mum uses to dry fruit. Like an apricot whose juices have been sucked out, leaving a shrivelled, dehydrated lump" (242).