Goodreads asked Abby Fabiaschi:

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

Abby Fabiaschi A friend once commented that life has thrown enough complications my way to merit a memoir, but an exceptional memoir requires you to hand over the whole of your truth, along with your version of other peoples’ truth, and I’m too territorial for that. But I borrow here and there.

When I was fifteen, I lost one of my closest friends in a tragic car accident. It remains an alarmingly defining moment in my life. I LIKED MY LIFE started with a desire to explore mourning at that tender age. Tapping into that challenging time is where the nonfiction ended and the storytelling began. I was inspired by a sentiment from Adrienne Rich’s poetry: "If we could learn to learn from pain even as it grasps us." Isn’t that a powerful thought? I love the idea that slivers of beauty exist in life’s most antagonizing moments, if only you know where to look.

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