http://blog.booklistonline.com/2008/03/04/love-and-consequences-author-faces-consequences-for-faked-memoir/ Behind the Book Reviews--The Official Blog of Booklist Online Fri, 04 Jul 2008 22:36:08 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.3 http://blog.booklistonline.com/2008/03/04/love-and-consequences-author-faces-consequences-for-faked-memoir/#comment-105522 Kristine Huntley Tue, 04 Mar 2008 23:15:13 +0000 http://blog.booklistonline.com/2008/03/04/love-and-consequences-author-faces-consequences-for-faked-memoir/#comment-105522 As the reviewer of this "memoir" for Booklist, I have to say I'm shocked. She could have written the book as a second hand account, gathering stories from those whose lives she was moved by. And what's wrong with writing a novel anyway? The works of Dickens and Sinclair certainly prove what a powerful medium fiction is for pointing out societal ills. As the reviewer of this “memoir” for Booklist, I have to say I’m shocked. She could have written the book as a second hand account, gathering stories from those whose lives she was moved by. And what’s wrong with writing a novel anyway? The works of Dickens and Sinclair certainly prove what a powerful medium fiction is for pointing out societal ills.

]]> http://blog.booklistonline.com/2008/03/04/love-and-consequences-author-faces-consequences-for-faked-memoir/#comment-105497 Donna Seaman Tue, 04 Mar 2008 20:55:15 +0000 http://blog.booklistonline.com/2008/03/04/love-and-consequences-author-faces-consequences-for-faked-memoir/#comment-105497 A deep sigh. Book review editors and reviewers have to trust publishers to at least categorize their books responsibly. Hoaxes like this threaten that relationship and taint a genre that comprises, when written with integrity and care, a rich facet of literature and cultural history as it illuminates fascinating lives. I'm reading a family history/slash memoir right that is carefully researched, and in which the writer distinguishes between her percpetions and memories and verifiable fact. Fakes like Love and Consequences betray our instinct for empathy and faith in a writer's mission. A deep sigh. Book review editors and reviewers have to trust publishers to at least categorize their books responsibly. Hoaxes like this threaten that relationship and taint a genre that comprises, when written with integrity and care, a rich facet of literature and cultural history as it illuminates fascinating lives. I’m reading a family history/slash memoir right that is carefully researched, and in which the writer distinguishes between her percpetions and memories and verifiable fact. Fakes like Love and Consequences betray our instinct for empathy and faith in a writer’s mission.

]]> http://blog.booklistonline.com/2008/03/04/love-and-consequences-author-faces-consequences-for-faked-memoir/#comment-105462 Keir Tue, 04 Mar 2008 17:29:14 +0000 http://blog.booklistonline.com/2008/03/04/love-and-consequences-author-faces-consequences-for-faked-memoir/#comment-105462 Whoops. Major oversight. Correct in one moment. (We starred it, BTW.) Whoops. Major oversight. Correct in one moment. (We starred it, BTW.)

]]> http://blog.booklistonline.com/2008/03/04/love-and-consequences-author-faces-consequences-for-faked-memoir/#comment-105457 MarianLibrarian Tue, 04 Mar 2008 17:06:00 +0000 http://blog.booklistonline.com/2008/03/04/love-and-consequences-author-faces-consequences-for-faked-memoir/#comment-105457 Link to the Booklist review? Link to the Booklist review?

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