i've been all wrapped up in this today, which i suppose is partly because i work in the industry, but i guess mainly because i am a reader.
and as a reader, i care about a story itself, not so much about the circumstances under which the story might have been written. sure, blatantly lying to get a book published is wrong, but similar to all that james frey nonsense awhile back, i feel like all the "shocker! this isn't a memoir" hoopla isn't so much about morals as it is about saving face for the media who had previously heaped praise on a book that they thought was something it wasn't.
anyways, what i find most fascinating about this particular tale of literary hoodwinking is that the author's sister ratted her out. goodness! and here missy and i thought that sometimes we tattled too much on the other.
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Lordy, why the devil are they recalling it? All of a sudden it's a work of fiction - if people enjoy it, or think it's a good book, who cares?!
Fascinating story though - maybe she should write a book about THAT?
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