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Is the Joy character also in the book?


Well, technically she wouldn't be a character if she is based on a real person.

Anyway, I read the book several years ago and I don' t have a copy now.

Thanks!

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Elsewhere on these boards it's mentioned Joy actually became his wife, not some random black woman.

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Well, the actress who played Joy (Lili Taylor) is Nick Flynn's wife. In the movie a black woman marries Flynn (or the semi-fictionalized version of him anyway).

As for the character of Joy, the shelter employee - I don't remember her from the book. I'd have to get it from the library again to check.

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