Author
Q & A
 Q: Many families encounter guilt,
deception, and loss. Were you interested in
these themes before you began working on the book? What
interested you in them? (Irene McGarrity)
TW: When I first sat down to write
this story in 2002, I didn’t have a single thing planned
regarding theme, but by the time I started the big
rewrite in 2005, I understood that this book was about acceptance.
To fully explore acceptance, I had to explore its opposite;
denial can and does lead to things like deception,
loss, guilt and more.
I don’t know why acceptance became the main
theme. Maybe because I’m an introvert and somewhat
of a social nerd. Or maybe it’s just what the book
needed.
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