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Nobody's an innocent. I don't think that any of the characters are innocent. Before we judge, we have to look at ourselves. What Jarvis has to do in order to move on, you see where she came from and who she's become, and you see why she acts the way that she does.
This is the second story that's come up in an author interview in which a character has a life partner in a comatose state, the other being John Fulton's "The Sleeping Woman. Why does that story and the Terri Schiavo case resonate so much with authors?
For me it was an upfront metaphor for just letting go in general. At the time, I was trying to let go of a past relationship. I think that authors want to understand what it feels like, that life and death situation. It's a compelling question--what would you do in that situation? Life and death is the biggest question we can answer.
Bostonist Interview: Jami Attenberg, Author
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