“Selective amnesia” …. a reviewer chose to say about the first draft of her memoirs.
Delving back into the past is easy, but putting stories in right perspective is not so easy. I There are many other lives entangled with hers, she didn’t have the right to reveal all.
She decided to approach some of her characters, and ask them for their perspective on the incidents.
It was a whole new ball game. It was an unprecedented format.
She was nominated for the next literary prize, but… she had no claims to be the same person who wrote the book.
Interesting, Reena. As one working on a memoir, I can attest to the fact that memory is faulty, as you so nicely illustrate.
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Memories are a one-sided perspective. Thank you, VJ!
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Profound!
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Thank you, Sadje!
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