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...
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CountryUnited States of America
dying trying popcorn
You're dying with the way things are," Della Lee said harshly, causing Josey to lower the handful of popcorn she was about to put in her mouth. "You're going to lose yourself in this, Josey. It's going to happen if you don't change. I know. I lost myself trying to find happiness in things that didn't love me back.
trying keep-trying broke
Nothing is really broke, so it's not like I can fix it. I just have to keep trying to find what I'm looking for.
trying finding-happiness lost
I lost myself trying to find happiness in things that didn't love me back.
men trying way
Superstitions are man's way of trying to control things he has no control over...
trying needs fit
Misfits need a place to get away, too. All that trying to fit in is exhausting.
people trying making-friends
She never thought she was good at making friends. But maybe she was just trying to be friends with the wrong people.
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.
dad love stopped
I love that my dad has stopped asking me when I'm going to get a real job.
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.
The thing most consistently on my desk as I write is a cat - a different one at different times of the day. I think I'm more a part of their ritual.