Author Admits Memoir Untrue [A Creative Journal]

Surviving with Wolves
An author admits through her lawyers that her Holocaust memoir, [URL="http://www.amazon.com/gp/redirect.html?ie=UTF8&location=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.amazon.com%2FSurviving-Wolves-Misha-Defonseca%2Fdp%2F0749950897%3Fie%3DUTF8%26s%3Dbooks%26qid%3D1204530811%26sr%3D1-1&tag=asilikeit-20&linkCode=ur2&camp=1789&creative=9325"]Surviving with Wolves, was in fact untrue[/URL]. Misha Defonseca, whose real name is Monique De Wael, created the elaborate story as a child and having repeated it so often she had begun to believe it as fact. The truth came to light when a genealogical researcher investigated the author’s surname and found the facts did not match. The author is already involved in a lawsuit with the publisher and ghostwriter, so it will be interesting to see what happens next.
I suppose the lesson here is to make sure you write the truth if you’re going to publish your memoirs. Make that a lot easier by keeping a journal today.
Heather
Tags: heather-goldsmith, hoax, Misha Defonseca, Monique De Wael, personal-journal-writing, surviving with wolves, writing autobiographies, writing the truth, writing-memoirsShare This
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