Her own mother 's death on NUMBER@1 December NUMBER@2 inspired PERSON@1 to write PERSON@2 as a boy longing for his dead parents , his anguish becoming `` much deeper , much more real '' than in earlier drafts because she related to it herself .

The death of her mother on December NUMBER@1 , NUMBER@2 led PERSON@1 to write PERSON@2 as a boy longing for his dead parents . His pain became `` more deeper , more real '' than in earlier versions because she related to it herself .
