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Goodreads asked E.M. McCarthy:

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

E.M. McCarthy How a mild-mannered school teacher traveled to the former Soviet block during the '80s and was asked by a stranger to take a letter from Hungary back to Philadelphia.

What the teacher carried in her purse changed her life and contributed to the fall of the Berlin Wall.

(Hey I'm a writer of fiction, no one said it has to be 100% fact.)

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