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Goodreads asked Amanda Brainerd:

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

Amanda Brainerd I was talking with a childhood friend about the checked out parenting in the early 80s (when we were kids) and how much damage it caused. All of a sudden, I realized I needed to write this story.

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