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From: Megan Schliesman <schliesman_at_education.wisc.edu>
Date: Fri, 25 Jul 2014 13:42:21 -0500
Stephanie's wrote in response to Elsa's questions:
"When I was writing the book, I know I tried to make sure all of the truth was there on the page from the start, so that there was a sense of inevitability by the time the ending came ... I think I was trying to write the story so tightly from Win's point of view in the present, that the things he wants to keep hidden from the past stay hidden for most of the story."
I wanted to say that for me as a reader, I found this balancing act to be masterful. The clues were there early on, but not the full, brutal truth. Win's memory's are haunting from the very beginning, because so much is both there and not there in them. The sense of unease hit me from the outset, but it was ghostlike, without substance I could examine. That unease became more and more disturbing--and tangible--the closer Win allowed himself to come to the truth.
Megan
Date: Fri, 25 Jul 2014 13:42:21 -0500
Stephanie's wrote in response to Elsa's questions:
"When I was writing the book, I know I tried to make sure all of the truth was there on the page from the start, so that there was a sense of inevitability by the time the ending came ... I think I was trying to write the story so tightly from Win's point of view in the present, that the things he wants to keep hidden from the past stay hidden for most of the story."
I wanted to say that for me as a reader, I found this balancing act to be masterful. The clues were there early on, but not the full, brutal truth. Win's memory's are haunting from the very beginning, because so much is both there and not there in them. The sense of unease hit me from the outset, but it was ghostlike, without substance I could examine. That unease became more and more disturbing--and tangible--the closer Win allowed himself to come to the truth.
Megan
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Megan Schliesman, Librarian
Cooperative Children's Book Center
School of Education, University of Wisconsin-Madison
Through July 31:
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Received on Fri 25 Jul 2014 01:43:08 PM CDT
