Mostly True Memoirs
Reading Fiction
“I don’t read fiction,” a friend said recently.
“Fiction is a waste of time.”
Oh, my heart!
Reading fiction is NOT a waste of time.
Without fiction, Scout Finch couldn’t have said “Hey, Boo.”
Ignatius J. Reilly wouldn’t have said, “When my brain begins to reel from my literary labors, I make an occasional cheese dip.”
And we would never have met Rebecca Davitch, who discovered she’d turned into the wrong person.
We wouldn’t have seen Francie Nolan’s tree grow in Brooklyn.
And we would never have another beautiful day at the Red Pony Bar and continual soiree.
Without fiction, we wouldn’t have Poe’s raven, Charlotte’s web, or Lennie’s rabbits.
Or Anna Walsh’s feathery strokers.
And we absolutely would have never heard Walt Kowalski say, “Get off my lawn.”
I know, Walt Kowalski comes from a movie and not a book.
But he’s one of my all-time favorite fictional characters.
Reading fiction is NOT a waste of time.
To paraphrase Ove Lindahl, “I’m right. Is that so unreasonable?”
Liz Brenner
Everyone has a story to tell.
Even you.
Especially you.
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