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Jeff Sexton
Written on Sep 18, 2022
*Note: To be clear, I am not claiming that *every* aspect of these characters is inspired by the author's real life. Only that the broadest outlines - middle aged mother whose kids have left home and an author who has direct insight into the "real world" of publishing - echo what Beck has herself publicly discussed being.