ruth assefa asked Miranda Kenneally:

In the book things i cant forget did you base the character Emily off you? because Emily started to charge after she went to dc and in the end of the book you mention that "when i left middle Tennessee and moved to Washington dc, i found that my believe began to change". so is emily you in some ways? and i live in dc too. you should come to the national book festival

Miranda Kenneally I did not base my character Emily off me in entirety, but I did draw from my experiences of leaving my hometown while writing her character. At 18, when I left my hometown in Tennessee, I began to realize that other people have different beliefs and think in different ways. That's the main idea that I explored in THINGS I CAN'T FORGET - that we all have different beliefs and that's totally okay. And I hope I'll get a chance to do the National Book Festival one day. Thank you for the question!

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