RE: JCO: RE: Missing Mom

Hi Steve

No, it's not a Young Adult novel.
I tend to think we slightly idealize people once they've died as well. Of
course, that's not to say that the feelings of loss are any less genuine.

Eric

>
>An interesting interview. I can't help wondering a bit about JCO's
>statement that she has only positive feelings for her mother; yet,
>fictionally, she's contrived to murder her. Well, having the death be a
>murder no doubt makes for a more dramatic book. Is this supposed to be a
>young adult novel? Somehow, I picked up a vague sense that it might be,
>but
>there was nothing explicit about it. Maybe I'm reading the interview
>wrong.
>
>Steve
>
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