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Wednesday, January 11, 2006
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Will it never end? Mother: "It was very difficult for us to read it because we lived it. Then to go back and read what we had lived was very challenging. ...Our hearts would be hanging out there for people to peck at but we didn't care because we stand by him." James: "I hope the emotional truth of the book resonates with them. It's a memoir and it's an imperfect animal. I don't think it should be scrutinized in the way a newspaper article would." OPRAH's on the phone! Oprah: "I'm watching James... Everyone's been asking me to release a statement... We support the book... hundreds of thousands of people have been helped by this book... I am disappointed by this controversy... because I rely on the publishers to define the category the book falls within... Although some of the facts have been questioned... the underlying message of redemption... still resonates with me... Whether or not the car rolled up on the sidewalk... is irrelevant to me... What is relevant is that he was a drug addict... and out of that...stepped out of that history... to allow other people to save themselves... What I think is this is going to open up the discussion for publishers... The bigger question is what does this mean for the larger publishing world and this new memoir category? This discussion will be furthered by the so-called controversy... Much ado about nothing... So much of the story ...is inside the clinic..." Larry: Thank you, Oprah. Be well, dear. |