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Goodreads asked Marty Wingate:

What mystery in your own life could be a plot for a book?

Marty Wingate Even little things can be a catalyst. Have you ever remembered something totally wrong? I love to mess with perceptions and memories. Here's a tiny incident from when I was about five years old. Our next-door neighbor came to visit - she was carrying some of our family's clothes on hangers and she put them on the back of our sofa. After she and my mom had coffee and talked, the neighbor left (leaving the clothes). I asked my mom why our neighbor had our clothes. My mom couldn't understand my question - no, the neighbor hadn't had our clothes, she hadn't walked in the house with them. They had been on the sofa the entire time. Hmmmm...

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