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7. Irritating troubles. Jesse’s life is full of such things now.
9. Canned seafood fish. Mama snapped she’d keep eating it indefinitely.
11. A serious mental health condition with long-lasting sadness and no interest in life.
12. The classic sweet treat you always add to old-fashioned hot chocolate
16. A dessert: an apple dipped in sweet, sticky caramel, often topped with nuts.
17. Father's belongings. A small handheld firearm designed to be fired with one hand.
18. A common pain pill .“What if you do? I’ve wasted enough hamburgers and ____ on you.”

1. Tool for cutting nails.
2. An organ linking mother and daughter. It is severed at birth, yet its bond feels unbreakable.
3. A warm beverage made from cocoa powder, milk and a pinch of salt.
4. Hard coverings at finger tips.
5. A cupcake, the coconut covered, raspberry-and-marshmallow-filled kind
6. A film by Ingmar Bergman that delves deep into the complicated bond between mother and daughter.
7. A room under the top roof of a building, mostly for storage.
8. Small hard objects fired from guns.
10. The black box meant for shoes that holds Dad’s old handgun
13. The milk container Jesse found packed with old bullets
14. “Your seizures started when you were five years old...Your daddy had them too.”
15. The way Jessie takes control of her own life and the act of killing herself intentionally.... If she says it's worth it, then it is.