Goodreads asked Emily Page:

Where did you get the idea for your most recent book?

Emily Page I started blogging about what was happening with my family following my dad's diagnosis of frontotemporal dementia. I had created several paintings about it all as a sort of self-prescribed art therapy, and a friend suggested I post them on a blog. One thing led to another, and people began suggesting that I put the paintings and the writing together into a book. Idiot that I am, I took the suggestion, having absolutely no idea of what writing and publishing a book entailed. And now I'm simultaneously so happy that I did it, and cursing the world that encouraged me to do it.

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