Sarah Addison Allen
Sarah Addison Allen
Sarah Addison Allenis an American author. She grew up in Asheville, North Carolina and attended the University of North Carolina at Asheville, where she graduated with a degree in literature. In early 2011 Allen was diagnosed with breast cancer and completed a round of chemotherapy by October of the same year...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionAuthor
CountryUnited States of America
dad love stopped
I love that my dad has stopped asking me when I'm going to get a real job.
falling-in-love fall people
People fall in love all the time. And it's not always with the right people. And it's not always reciprocated.
morning love-you stills
Willa?" "Yes" "It's morning and I still love you.
love sweet kissing
It was the best first kiss in the history of first kisses. It was as sweet as sugar. And it was warm, as warm as pie. The whole world opened up and I fell inside. I don't know where I was, but I didn't care. I didn't care because the only person who mattered was there with me.
hurt one-thing love-always
Love always hurts. That’s one thing I know you know. But it’s worth it. That’s what you don’t know. Yet.
strong love-you desire
She knew what it felt like to stand in front of someone and ask them to love you, to try to pull them to you by the sheer force of your desire, a force so strong it felt as though you were going to die from it.
falling-in-love knowing people
Some people don't know how to fall in love, like not knowing how to swim. They panic first when they jump in. Then they figure it out.
falling-in-love love-you kids
That's the fairy tale. You meet, you fall in love, you kiss, and neither of you is revolted by it. You get married and have kids and live happily ever after.
eye tricks contact
The trick is not to make eye contact. They don't charge if you don't make eye contact.
strong way breaking-down
Because he knew the best way to get what he wanted was to break down what made us strongest. And our friendships were what made us strong.
characters classic eating escape food good hiding main might people relationships sugar three
I'm a classic stress-eater, so I know a lot about how eating can become a way of hiding from what's really wrong. I escape into food. But some people escape into books. Some into relationships that might not be good for them. The three main characters in 'The Sugar Queen' struggle with each of these comforts-turned-crutches.
characters enter
I think my characters are more wish fulfillments than they are mirrors. They see things I don't and live in a world I can only enter through words.
doctors
Doctors say there's no such thing as chemo brain, but ask any chemo patient.
elizabeth fred susan
I'm a huge fan of Alice Hoffman, Fred Chappell and Susan Elizabeth Phillips.