![]() ![]() She didn’t say much in that first interview with detectives, and the media filled in the only blanks that mattered: a white baby had died while under the care of a churchgoing black woman and her nine-year-old daughter. When the story includes a character who is not giving us the whole story, by circumstance or by choice, so much the better. Young adult stories are full of characters with passionate aspirations who do not have full agency to act. I write and read young adult literature because I love the tension inherent in that particular time of life. And whether the narrator is hiding some key detail from us or themselves, or leading us on a bit of a wild goose chase on purpose and testing our ability to detect their inconsistencies, I read for the gut-punching revelation. ![]() None of us are perfect historians our egos and penchants make an unbiased recollection of an event-particularly when that event is personal-practically impossible. Not because I’m hiding bodies (or am I?) or because I lie compulsively (or do I?), but because it’s difficult to be truthful with yourself. ![]() I think I’m drawn to them because I see myself there. I’m suspicious of polarities, of the black and white, and I tend to gravitate toward the grey area where, ironically, not-completely-trustworthy characters reside. ![]()
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