“How best to convey that she wasn’t fraught with grief without seeming like a monster? “We’ve reached a point of acceptance with her condition,” Hazel said. She borrowed this language from a hospice pamphlet titled “Reaching a Point of Acceptance… — Alissa Nutting Copy Share Image
I really want readers to put themselves into the shoes of each character. So the opening lines are an orienting technique: this is where… — Alissa Nutting Copy Share Image
If you're a beautiful Caucasian woman, and you commit a heinous crime, it's like people don't want to acknowledge the reality of your actions. — Alissa Nutting Copy Share Image
Luckily I'm on prescription drugs that prevent me from worrying about anything too much. — Alissa Nutting Copy Share Image
My poor family. I try to protect them from my work. My parents are very religious, and my brother and sister are very normal.… — Alissa Nutting Copy Share Image
“She often pictured her sadness as an IV cart she had to wheel everywhere she went, its bag dripping a heavy fluid that was… — Alissa Nutting Copy Share Image
“I smiled as our hands pressed against one another in midair, as though we were pretending to touch through invisible glass. We managed a… — Alissa Nutting Copy Share Image
It was just such a complete shock to turn on the news one day and see someone that you know, someone you have passed… — Alissa Nutting Copy Share Image
“He seemed to understand that resolution didn’t need to have anything to do with truth, and to choose a sense of harmony over insight… — Alissa Nutting Copy Share Image
Las Vegas is incredible. Either you love it or you're a classy person with morals. I fall into the former category. It's definitely bled… — Alissa Nutting Copy Share Image
I'm a big people pleaser; I had a very awkward adolescence. Part of me is still that person who wants everyone to like me. — Alissa Nutting Copy Share Image
I think humor is like a shield that lets you get as close to the sad sad flame as possible - far closer, oftentimes,… — Alissa Nutting Copy Share Image
“My attorney rubbed his hand across his mustache and the corners of his lips several times, as though the allegation was a piece of… — Alissa Nutting Copy Share Image
