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Tally pays a price for being perfect/imperfect in the novel ~ This Much Is True

Perfect? Imperfect? She gets a bad rap from some readers. What do I have to say about that?

This. You might not like her (Tally Landon, the narrator persona, me – the author) but you should remember that this character is only 17; and she doesn’t like herself very much. Thus, she’s self-destructive at times and self-preserving at others. She’s edgy and dark and a perfectionist, “and trying to find her way in a world she’s unsure she still belongs in,” as Marla tells Linc at one point.

Not everyone will get Tally; I knew that going in when I decided to write this book.

But for those that do?

She is truly amazing; isn’t she?

And this

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This Much Is True is staying pretty high on some of Amazon’s best seller lists since the books initial release on August 11th, 2013.

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Katherine’s quotes

"You know what they say about air and water when it comes to fire, don’t you?” she asks.
Now, I’m curious. She hasn’t spoken for the last ten minutes of the drive. “What?”
“Too much air blows out the fire. Too much water destroys it.”
I nod trying to determine what she’s really comparing us to. “The idea would be to keep the flame going, right. For years?” She nods. “Like a relationship. Like a marriage.” She cringes at the word marriage. Noted. “So you need the air—to stay constant—to fan the flames of the fire, and you know, grasshopper,” I smile at her and catch sight of the corners of her mouth turning slightly upward in response to the endearment, “a hot enough fire will burn water, so you have to be careful with the water too.”
“That I do know,” she says softly. “So that’s the truth about air and water.” She sighs deep.
“Which is?”
“It’s hard to maintain the balance to keep the fire going. You have to fan the flames without putting it out with too much water. But too little water will burn the fire right up. Too much fire. Too much destruction. We’re out of control.”
“You’re talking in circles,” I say.
“No. That’s us,” she says with certainty."— Katherine Owen

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