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Liz's real life not 'this bad'?

posted 10 years ago by fiatlux-1
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I've read Liz's book, and while her life was certainly very tough & some things in the film were true, a LOT of dramatic license was used here!
Liz was actually homeless for a rather short time, and she was not as 'innocent' as she was portrayed in the film. Or as alone. She had a LOT of friends, and they helped her incredibly.

The book is a difficult read, more because Liz is not the best writer. The book does not flow smoothly, and jumps around a lot.

Has anyone else read it?

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[–] whitespirit26 10 years ago

Are you kidding? She's an amazing writer and the book proved her life was WORSE than shown, because she was also sexually abused by a creep her mom thought could be trusted, then treated disrespectfully by a few doctors along the way.

[–] ARH 9 years ago

I agree. In had to stop reading at times it was so painful.

[–] GPLar 10 years ago

I'm currently reading her book and I actually think she's a very good writer. She's not trying to make things up and tell a story with a perfectly designed plot, she's writing about her real life and experiences and I think she did a fantastic job.
And I wouldn't say at all that the movie makes her life seem worse. I think some points may have been more exaggerated but other terrible, terrible things were actually left out of the movie.