My sister wrote and published a memoir about our family
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Anonymous
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I have a very loving family and I would not want to read about them.
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Anonymous
| I love memoirs. I think it’s cool. If it were my sister I’d be proud. |
Anonymous
It’s a published book. How would that work, exactly? |
Anonymous
| If you want her to back off, tell her the truth. You don’t want to read it; it feels like a violation to you. |
Anonymous
| Or read it and tell her that you felt like it was fiction for how far it was removed from your experience. |
Anonymous
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My husband is in the military and a guy that he plus others took rpund-the-clock shifts for 3 days to prevent him from committing suicide over his girlfriend leaving him (when he abused her). Got out of the military and wrote a book about his Valor. 0 mention of the suicide attempt and the many men that saved his life.
In other words, I don't believe anyone's memoires and neither should you. |
Anonymous
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Do you mean not flattering as in accusations of abuse? With a title like that it sounds so.
If she’s saying someone in my family abused her then yeah I’d definitely want to read it. |
Anonymous
| I'd read it and comment about the inaccuracies on Amazon or whether it is available. |
Anonymous
| Does she use real names? |
Anonymous
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Either:
A) It’s self-published and no one will read it or care. Or B) You have no merit or basis or saying she’s not influential/famous, or isn’t at the very least a great writer. Getting a memoir published by a legitimate publisher would, at the very least, mean that she’s a good writer; good enough to get an agent, an editor, and a publisher. So either it’s self-published and is of no consequence, or it was legitimately published, and you are a total ass for not recognizing that either she’s a great writer, or the story itself is really freaking good. Because an “unknown person” getting a memoir published is a feat of either great writing, or being a good storyteller. And for you to dismiss or diminish that is not only appalling, it’s dangerous for you. |
Anonymous
It’s already published. |
Anonymous
| My sister will probably do this. She is a terrible writer |
Anonymous
Too late. |
Anonymous
Terrible writers don’t get published. Do you get it? |
Anonymous
| Ignore it. Everyone else will. |