Ariel’s Reviews > A Tree Grows in Brooklyn > Status Update

"You know, Francie, a lot of people would think that these stories that you're making up all the time were terrible lies because they were not the truth as people see the truth. In the future, when something comes up, you tell exactly how it happened. But write down for yourself the way you think it should have happened. Tell the truth and write the story. Then you won't get mixed up."