title: Real Stories, Untold Truths
author: Laurie Anthony
description: Your book sparkles with humility. I was moved by the compassion you had for J.C. -- <i>Ron Grunberg, Editor, Big News Street Newspaper</i>
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  For my readers . . . who have come with me this far
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  Vera said: “Why do you feel you have to turn everything into a story?” So I
  told her why:
  
  
  Because if I tell the story, I control the version.
  
  
  Because if I tell the story, I can make you laugh, and I would rather have you
  laugh at me than feel sorry for me.
  
  
  Because if I tell the story, it doesn’t hurt as much.
  
  
  Because if I tell the story, I can get on with it.
  
  
  —FROM HEARTBURN BY NORA EPHRON
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  # PART ONE
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  # Down the Rabbit Hole
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  ## ONE
  
  
  Do you gener