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<IMG src="http://www.truthdig.com/images/masthead_newsletter.gif"> Hi, I read this on Truthdig and thought you would find it interesting. =-=-=-=-=-=-= Yet Another Faux Memoir Exposed The fluidity of memory aside, this is getting a little strange: Following in the footsteps of James Frey, Misha Defonseca and Margaret Seltzer, yet another “memoirist,” Herman Rosenblat, has <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2008/12/29/books/29hoax.html?pagewanted=1&_r=2&bl&ei=5087&en=711c10f3322bb17f&ex=1230699600" title="admitted">admitted</a> that his supposedly true story, “Angel at the Fence,” is a bit lacking in the truth department. <a href="http://www.truthdig.com/arts_culture/item/20081230_yet_another_faux_memoir_exposed/">http://www.truthdig.com/arts_culture/item/20081230_yet_another_faux_memoir_exposed/</a> Copyright © 2008 Truthdig, L.L.C. All rights reserved. =-=-=-=-=-=-= This is a one-time mailing from Truthdig, (<a href="http://www.truthdig.com/">www.truthdig.com</a>) on behalf of the sender. Please report any misuse to webmaster-at-truthdig.com <IMG src="http://www.truthdig.com/images/masthead_newsletter.gif"> Hi, I read this on Truthdig and thought you would find it interesting. =-=-=-=-=-=-= Yet Another Faux Memoir Exposed The fluidity of memory aside, this is getting a little strange: Following in the footsteps of James Frey, Misha Defonseca and Margaret Seltzer, yet another “memoirist,” Herman Rosenblat, has <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2008/12/29/books/29hoax.html?pagewanted=1&_r=2&bl&ei=5087&en=711c10f3322bb17f&ex=1230699600" title="admitted">admitted</a> that his supposedly true story, “Angel at the Fence,” is a bit lacking in the truth department. <a href="http://www.truthdig.com/arts_culture/item/20081230_yet_another_faux_memoir_exposed/">http://www.truthdig.com/arts_culture/item/20081230_yet_another_faux_memoir_exposed/</a> Copyright © 2008 Truthdig, L.L.C. All rights reserved. =-=-=-=-=-=-= This is a one-time mailing from Truthdig, (<a href="http://www.truthdig.com/">www.truthdig.com</a>) on behalf of the sender. Please report any misuse to webmaster-at-truthdig.com

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