Goodreads asked Kim Echlin:

Where did you get the idea for your most recent book?

Kim Echlin Great question--It began more than a decade ago. Curiously, I was volunteering at a school in Honduras with a woman who is an independent documentary producer. As we were cleaning a supply cupboard, she told me about a piece she was working on in The Hague at the international courts. I was fascinated by the work, by the international hope and cooperation. This began a very long time of reading and learning about the new law that was being created--at least a decade. The turning point for writing fiction was meeting an activist in Sarajevo who talked to me about war survivors. She said, "Their memories should be our memories."

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