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A single girl who needs nobody makes people uncomfortable, and my mom is right in this, appearance is everything, and appearing to have no one is like swimming alone in the middle of the ocean with a flesh wound.

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You know what they say - sleep is the mother's drug of choice, but like heroin, only the very rich and the very poor can afford it.

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Elissa Schappell

Elissa Schappell

Bio: Elissa Schappell is an American novelist, short-story writer, editor and essayist. Her first book of fiction, Use Me, a collection of 10 linked short stories, was published in 2000 by William Morrow, and was runner-up for the PENThe Daily Beast, and O Magazine.
Known for:
  1. The Friend Who Got Away
  2. Use me
  3. Food and Booze
  4. What We Talk About When We Talk About Birth

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