My sister wrote and published a memoir about our family

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote: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.

So you can’t be brave and suicidal at the same time? Um. Ok.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:My brother, semi-famous screen writer (seriously) wrote a screenplay about our family drama - nothing crazy, just usual run-of-the-mill arguments. He has said it will remain unpublished he wrote as an exercise. I have zero interest in reading it I would not want to see how he portrayed my husband and I, and I imagine it would only make me angry/defensive/upset and you can't unread things, even if it's not always reality that is conveyed in writing.

He also did the same exercise to break up with an ex GF. He wrote a screenplay about a man breaking up with a woman, similar parallels to their relationship, asked her to read it. She did. He dumped her. Yes, he's kind of a jerk.

I one knew someone whose sister in law wrote a memoir about growing up poor. She wasn’t famous. It was published. Everything was true.

It was Glass Castle.

[Anonymous]

And Glass Castle was boring as hell

[Anonymous]

My sister self published and is self promoting a book about our family i n particularly about my brother , boxing and his addiction which eventually killed him and of course herself who was the star throughout.She took other people's memories,inserted herself into situations she was not a part of, changed the truth about many things including his death and exposed some very painful memories that would kill both my brother and my father if they were not already dead.I did read it and it made me feel physically sick.l personally wish that l had never read it.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I think you need to read it and do your best to prevent lies from being published.

OP said the book is already published.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:And Glass Castle was boring as hell

To you maybe. Made the author rich and became a very popular book.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:And Glass Castle was boring as hell

From Wikipedia:

The Glass Castle has received broad readership and positive critical feedback for Walls' balanced perspective on the positives and negatives of her childhood. It has been used in North American grade school curriculum, leading to some controversy, as The Glass Castle was listed No. 9 on the Office for Intellectual Freedom's list of the Top 10 Most Challenged Books in 2012. Noted reasons for challenging the book include its "offensive language" and being "sexually explicit".

The memoir spent over 260 weeks in hardcover on The New York Times Best Seller list, and it remained on the paperback nonfiction bestseller list until October 10, 2018, having remained for 440 weeks. By late 2007, The Glass Castle had received many awards, including the Christopher Award, the American Library Association's Alex Award (2006), and the Books for Better Living Award.

The Glass Castle was adapted as a feature film, released in the summer of 2017, starring Brie Larson as Jeannette Walls.

[Anonymous]

This thread is a year old folks.

[Anonymous]

Are the lies slander about someone still living?

[Anonymous]

No one will read it. Who is the publisher?

My SIL published by Penguin Random House. While numbers say different, I still get the feeling no one has read her book.

Don’t worry about it. This family member sounds interesting and energetic. Be thankful. No one reads anymore. Plus, if the do read the obscure book,you have things to talk about!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:My brother, semi-famous screen writer (seriously) wrote a screenplay about our family drama - nothing crazy, just usual run-of-the-mill arguments. He has said it will remain unpublished he wrote as an exercise. I have zero interest in reading it I would not want to see how he portrayed my husband and I, and I imagine it would only make me angry/defensive/upset and you can't unread things, even if it's not always reality that is conveyed in writing.

He also did the same exercise to break up with an ex GF. He wrote a screenplay about a man breaking up with a woman, similar parallels to their relationship, asked her to read it. She did. He dumped her. Yes, he's kind of a jerk.

I like him. I write to process. In the past, I sent my writing a boyfriend to do something similar. The action spurred my desired outcome. Yea, I get the way he thinks!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:My sister self published and is self promoting a book about our family i n particularly about my brother , boxing and his addiction which eventually killed him and of course herself who was the star throughout.She took other people's memories,inserted herself into situations she was not a part of, changed the truth about many things including his death and exposed some very painful memories that would kill both my brother and my father if they were not already dead.I did read it and it made me feel physically sick.l personally wish that l had never read it.

I have a sister who would totally do this.

[Anonymous]

If it were me, I wouldn't read it, but I would have a close friend or my spouse read it and tell me in broad strokes if there's anything notable about me. For example, if the book implies I'm an alcoholic and people start looking at me funny when have a glass of wine at a party, then at least I would understand why.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:This thread is a year old folks.

Right. So OP must have read it by now or experienced any fall out from it. Update OP!!

[Anonymous]

I assume she self published it because it is really hard to get a book deal unless you have already quired a following as an IG person or Tiktoker or you are famous. So, nobody is going to be reading it.

If you don't want to read it, just say no thank you. What is the worst that can happen if you say no? The grand self-published author is offended? They make you the blacksheep for not supporting her writing?

Does she mention you by name?