Caitlin
asked:
Does anyone else think that THIS BOOK is the book that Samuel is writing about his mother in the story? (Not the ghostwritten one about the Packer Attacker, the actual one.) At one point, he tells Periwinkle that he will write the book as fiction and change all the names, and he'll give Periwinkle a name that is totally ridiculous... :) That's what first got me thinking that it was.
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Pamela Huffman
Yes 100%. It’s the book within the book and I love it.
Maddy
I had the same feeling!
jonathan kersun
I think the author is playing with the notion of “what is real,” v “what are we imagining.” For example, Bethany becomes real at the end of the book which gives Samuel a measure of peace and enables closure for the novel. But when she becomes real, there is still more “realness” to be had. Your question, I think, speaks to this issue that the author is exploring. He wants the reader to feel unsure, to be in a position of asking, as opposed to knowing.
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