“She added in a tight, defensive voice that she panicked when she did jobs, it gave her existential panic. She could do them for a while, but it felt like darning socks in a burning building. Time was running out and . . . Did he ever get that?” JobsAnxietyPanicSimileWorkingStrugglingFigurative LanguageThe HeavensSandra NewmanExistential Dread Book:The Heavens Source: The Heavens
“She was alone like a cat, like an owl, as if she walked unobserved, out of her human life.” LifeAnimalsSimileThe HeavensSandra NewmanUnobserved Book:The Heavens Source: The Heavens
