night,mother

Edit Answers
123456789101112131415161718192021222324252627282930
Across
  1. 3. 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.
  2. 4. Jessie’s son. Ricky
  3. 5. A common pain pill .“What if you do? I’ve wasted enough hamburgers and ____ on you.”
  4. 8. Irritating troubles. Jesse’s life is full of such things now.
  5. 10. Sonata A film by Ingmar Bergman that delves deep into the complicated bond between mother and daughter.
  6. 13. A cupcake, the coconut covered, raspberry-and-marshmallow-filled kind
  7. 15. As soon as I've had enough, it's my stop.I've had enough.
  8. 17. A room under the top roof of a building, mostly for storage.
  9. 19. A serious mental health condition with long-lasting sadness and no interest in life.
  10. 20. And the only reason you don't get off is it's still fifty blocks from where you're going.Well, I can get off right now if I want to.
  11. 21. Mama, I know you used to ride the bus.
  12. 24. A dessert: an apple dipped in sweet, sticky caramel, often topped with nuts.
  13. 25. The elderly neighbor lady. Agnes
  14. 26. The black box meant for shoes that holds Dad’s old handgun
  15. 27. Jessie’s ex-husband. Cecil
  16. 28. Because even if I ride fifty more years and get off then, it's the same place when I step down to it.
  17. 29. Riding the bus and it's hot and bumpy and crowded and too noisy,
  18. 30. and more than anything in the world you want to get off.
Down
  1. 1. The milk-origin metal container Jesse found packed with old bullets
  2. 2. Hard coverings at finger tips.
  3. 6. Father's belongings. A small handheld firearm designed to be fired with one hand.
  4. 7. Jessie’s brother. Dawson
  5. 9. Canned seafood fish. Mama snapped she’d keep eating it indefinitely.
  6. 11. Jessie’s mother. Thelma
  7. 12. A warm beverage made from cocoa powder, milk and a pinch of salt.
  8. 14. Whenever I feel like it, I can get off.
  9. 15. “Your seizures started when you were five years old...Your daddy had them too.”
  10. 16. The classic sweet treat you always add to old-fashioned hot chocolate
  11. 18. Tool for cutting nails.
  12. 22. Small hard objects fired from guns.
  13. 23. The play’s lead. Jessie
  14. 27. An organ linking mother and daughter. It is severed at birth, yet its bond feels unbreakable.