Most depressing book you've read http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/literary-fiction/threads/36375 sarolee17 I'm at a point in my story where my MC must choose to delete a book off of her Kindle-like device (very important scene...one I hope I never have to live in real life). I want to foreshadow that soon she will be leaving behind her depression and isolation. SO, I need her to discard a depressing book (preferably one with an isolated MC). I'm really looking for a book that just leaves you with a sense of utter hopelessness. So far I'm thinking of <em>The Road, The Bell Jar, The Grapes of Wrath.</em> But I'm starting to feel like these books are too obvious. (Are they? [I feel like being obvious is very difficult to avoid in lit-fic since the readers are so well-read.]) I need your help, lit-fic-ers! What are some of the most depressing books you've read? (Explanations as to why are wholly welcome!) Mon, 14 Nov 2011 22:34:33 -0800 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/literary-fiction/threads/36375?page=1#forum_thread_comment_704709 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/literary-fiction/threads/36375?page=1#forum_thread_comment_704709 fangmich The Bell Jar was the first one that came into my mind, as well. So it's kinda obvious, but then again a lot of people know the book and can relate? Tue, 15 Nov 2011 02:46:27 -0800 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/literary-fiction/threads/36375?page=1#forum_thread_comment_706175 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/literary-fiction/threads/36375?page=1#forum_thread_comment_706175 Shem-the-Penman <em>Eat Pray Love.</em> -Shem Tue, 15 Nov 2011 05:46:04 -0800 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/literary-fiction/threads/36375?page=1#forum_thread_comment_707354 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/literary-fiction/threads/36375?page=1#forum_thread_comment_707354 studentofrhythm Gravity's Rainbow, although it's not entirely depressing. A lot of it is quite funny, but a lot is also horrifying: Europe immediately after WWII, ruthless scientists out for more government funding, cruel sexual experiments . . . Tue, 15 Nov 2011 11:20:18 -0800 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/literary-fiction/threads/36375?page=1#forum_thread_comment_711206 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/literary-fiction/threads/36375?page=1#forum_thread_comment_711206 studentofrhythm That's probably not what you're looking for though, sorry. _Dreaming of Babylon_ by Richard Brautigan left me with a sense of hopelessness when I read it. Tue, 15 Nov 2011 11:22:09 -0800 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/literary-fiction/threads/36375?page=1#forum_thread_comment_711230 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/literary-fiction/threads/36375?page=1#forum_thread_comment_711230 Gabran 2666 by Roberto Bolano would be a good one. It really leaves you with a kind of hopeless feeling, but shouldn't be too obvious to most people. Tue, 15 Nov 2011 11:23:15 -0800 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/literary-fiction/threads/36375?page=1#forum_thread_comment_711250 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/literary-fiction/threads/36375?page=1#forum_thread_comment_711250 firstdraftSTL The Trial...die like a dog...Whewww.... Book is mostly paranoia and bureacracy, so may not fit your MC's depression, but it's depressing alright. :) Tue, 15 Nov 2011 11:41:55 -0800 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/literary-fiction/threads/36375?page=1#forum_thread_comment_711543 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/literary-fiction/threads/36375?page=1#forum_thread_comment_711543 Honeybadger12345 I never read it, but some of my friends have. It's called The Pact, written by Jodi Picoult. Basically, it's about a girl who commits suicide, and it details the aftermath of it for her friends and family, and the traumatic emotions and events in her life that contributed to her suicide. As you can see, it's not the feel-good book of the century. I feel the need to mention that Picoult also wrote My Sister's Keeper. You know, about the girl with cancer and the other one who goes brain dead? Yeah, that one. Tue, 15 Nov 2011 11:50:36 -0800 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/literary-fiction/threads/36375?page=1#forum_thread_comment_711675 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/literary-fiction/threads/36375?page=1#forum_thread_comment_711675 Oregon_Rain It's not exactly depressing as it is horrifying, but Crash is one where by the end you want to find a shower that can wash your soul. Something Happened was very depressing, especially the end where the something actually happened. Tue, 15 Nov 2011 12:08:49 -0800 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/literary-fiction/threads/36375?page=1#forum_thread_comment_711911 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/literary-fiction/threads/36375?page=1#forum_thread_comment_711911 mjh2395 I agree on the Bell Jar. Another one is "I Know this Much is True" by Wally Lamb. It's completely depressing until the last like 10 pages, and then all of a sudden it's happily ever after. God, there's a book I read not too long ago where as soon as I finished it I started sobbing uncontrollably. And now I have no idea what it was. Maybe I blocked it out because it was so sad. "A Separate Peace" is also pretty depressing if you're the type who puts way too much thought into everything that happened in the story (I am). Basically the story of two boys who can't deal with their feelings for each other or their jealousy, so (SPOILER) one of 'em has to die. So twisted and awful and depressing. Fantastic story, though! Tue, 15 Nov 2011 15:47:37 -0800 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/literary-fiction/threads/36375?page=1#forum_thread_comment_715579 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/literary-fiction/threads/36375?page=1#forum_thread_comment_715579 mjh2395 Oh, and of course, the king of Isolated and Depressed Main Characters would be Holden Caulfield of the Catcher in the Rye. But maybe that's over-used? Tue, 15 Nov 2011 15:49:14 -0800 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/literary-fiction/threads/36375?page=1#forum_thread_comment_715611 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/literary-fiction/threads/36375?page=1#forum_thread_comment_715611 PowerUnit The Great Gatsby. Tue, 15 Nov 2011 16:56:10 -0800 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/literary-fiction/threads/36375?page=1#forum_thread_comment_716707 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/literary-fiction/threads/36375?page=1#forum_thread_comment_716707 sarolee17 I've wanted to read <em>Gravity's Rainbow</em> for a long time! Your description makes me want to read it more... I haven't heard of <em>Dreaming of Babylon</em>. Good read or just depressing? Tue, 15 Nov 2011 21:24:42 -0800 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/literary-fiction/threads/36375?page=1#forum_thread_comment_720265 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/literary-fiction/threads/36375?page=1#forum_thread_comment_720265 sarolee17 Hm...I haven't read it. Will have to look into it! Tue, 15 Nov 2011 21:25:04 -0800 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/literary-fiction/threads/36375?page=1#forum_thread_comment_720269 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/literary-fiction/threads/36375?page=1#forum_thread_comment_720269 sarolee17 I thought about those two books too! (I haven't read either of them, but heard a lot about their sadness-factor.) I'm not sure if it's something my MC would read, but might give an interesting twist to her character if she did... Tue, 15 Nov 2011 21:26:11 -0800 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/literary-fiction/threads/36375?page=1#forum_thread_comment_720285 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/literary-fiction/threads/36375?page=1#forum_thread_comment_720285 jschaub 1984, because Big Brother's victory is so complete. A friend told me that the moment he finished it he yelled and threw the book across the room. Wed, 16 Nov 2011 08:34:56 -0800 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/literary-fiction/threads/36375?page=1#forum_thread_comment_725275 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/literary-fiction/threads/36375?page=1#forum_thread_comment_725275 RachelFM Waiting by Ha Jin, The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood or The Grass is Singing by Doris Lessing. Wed, 16 Nov 2011 10:17:54 -0800 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/literary-fiction/threads/36375?page=1#forum_thread_comment_726536 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/literary-fiction/threads/36375?page=1#forum_thread_comment_726536 Fiona W The most depressing books I've ever read were all nonfiction: (1) books about the impending ecological disaster that is our planet, such as the massive extinction episode we're in the middle of; (2) books about how everything in our government is decided by lobbyists for corporate interests. In fact, those sorts of books depress me so much, I don't read them anymore. I've just settled into a more or less paranoid attitude toward the human species in general. My husband accuses me of being a "know nothing." Wed, 16 Nov 2011 12:53:54 -0800 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/literary-fiction/threads/36375?page=1#forum_thread_comment_728675 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/literary-fiction/threads/36375?page=1#forum_thread_comment_728675 W.E.D. Strangely enough, my two most depressing books were in the Fantasy genre. As far as Literary Fiction goes though, I'd say Grapes of Wrath and one of my most favorite ones is As I Lay Dying. :) Wed, 16 Nov 2011 16:24:10 -0800 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/literary-fiction/threads/36375?page=1#forum_thread_comment_731902 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/literary-fiction/threads/36375?page=1#forum_thread_comment_731902 Rowan-in-ruins Never Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro is pretty depressing. Wed, 16 Nov 2011 17:47:38 -0800 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/literary-fiction/threads/36375?page=1#forum_thread_comment_733076 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/literary-fiction/threads/36375?page=1#forum_thread_comment_733076 Shem-the-Penman All kidding aside, I thought Melville's <em>Pierre</em> and Faulkner's <em>Wild Palms</em> were miserably depressing books. In both cases, there was just such an inevitable progression toward utter, sickening despair. And take your pick of any of AM Homes's books. -Shem Thu, 17 Nov 2011 10:59:32 -0800 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/literary-fiction/threads/36375?page=1#forum_thread_comment_742187 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/literary-fiction/threads/36375?page=1#forum_thread_comment_742187 iymcool My favorite book for a few years now has a very depressing undertone: The End of Mr. Y, by Scarlett Thomas. It's a fascinating read. Thu, 17 Nov 2011 12:37:47 -0800 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/literary-fiction/threads/36375?page=1#forum_thread_comment_743438 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/literary-fiction/threads/36375?page=1#forum_thread_comment_743438 sarolee17 I was also thinking of <em>The Unconsoled</em> by Ishiguro! Thu, 17 Nov 2011 15:16:47 -0800 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/literary-fiction/threads/36375?page=1#forum_thread_comment_745628 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/literary-fiction/threads/36375?page=1#forum_thread_comment_745628 sarolee17 Oh man, I totally spaced <em>As I Lay Dying</em>! Good one. Thu, 17 Nov 2011 15:17:15 -0800 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/literary-fiction/threads/36375?page=1#forum_thread_comment_745636 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/literary-fiction/threads/36375?page=1#forum_thread_comment_745636 sarolee17 God, I love <em>The Grass is Singing</em>...I should probably re-read it! It's been awhile. Thanks for the suggestions! Thu, 17 Nov 2011 15:18:08 -0800 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/literary-fiction/threads/36375?page=1#forum_thread_comment_745651 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/literary-fiction/threads/36375?page=1#forum_thread_comment_745651 SweetJuly Mockingjay by Suzanne Collins. (Yeah, I know, popular lit. *facepalm*) And 1984, by George Orwell. That dystopian stuff can really lay it on. Thu, 17 Nov 2011 19:28:58 -0800 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/literary-fiction/threads/36375?page=1#forum_thread_comment_748586 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/literary-fiction/threads/36375?page=1#forum_thread_comment_748586 SweetJuly Forgot to mention that both MCs in the above books are pretty isolated creatures. While not the most depressing book I've read (though it is depressing), The Picture of Dorian Gray might be even better for your situation. Dorian's life is ruined, in part, by obsessively reading a book about someone who spends his days in lonely luxury and trying to imitate him. Thu, 17 Nov 2011 19:32:06 -0800 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/literary-fiction/threads/36375?page=1#forum_thread_comment_748632 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/literary-fiction/threads/36375?page=1#forum_thread_comment_748632 ZenJen "We the Living" by Ayn Rand. The essential theme is "the fate of the living under the rule of killers." The story takes place during the Russian Revolution: “bitter struggle of the individual against the collective…a picture of what dictatorship does to human beings…What happens to the defiant ones?…What happens to those who succumb?” When the MC has nothing left but to choose life in the face of crushing oppression, she journeys alone over "endless stretches of snow" in an attempt to escape across the border. Thu, 17 Nov 2011 20:05:48 -0800 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/literary-fiction/threads/36375?page=1#forum_thread_comment_749007 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/literary-fiction/threads/36375?page=1#forum_thread_comment_749007 Shantello I remember "Green Angel" by Alice Hoffman depressed me a lot when I read it in elementary. I was crushed, but couldn't stop reading it. There's another book called "Slights" by Kaaron Warren. I read that recently. It was... weird, to say the least. "Flowers for Algernon" OH MY GOD that book. T_T Thu, 17 Nov 2011 23:07:16 -0800 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/literary-fiction/threads/36375?page=2#forum_thread_comment_750594 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/literary-fiction/threads/36375?page=2#forum_thread_comment_750594 axonmanage One of my favorite books ever is "In the Country of Last Things" by Paul Auster. I think it is exactly the type of book you need. Fri, 18 Nov 2011 05:23:22 -0800 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/literary-fiction/threads/36375?page=2#forum_thread_comment_752439 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/literary-fiction/threads/36375?page=2#forum_thread_comment_752439 Fiona W But Paul Auster's never depressing—at least not to me. His books have lots of bleak scenarios, but they're always so cute and clever, little baubles that make my mind smile. Fri, 18 Nov 2011 09:26:26 -0800 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/literary-fiction/threads/36375?page=2#forum_thread_comment_754352 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/literary-fiction/threads/36375?page=2#forum_thread_comment_754352 KateShelton I'm surprised no one has mentioned Wuthering Heights. I just finished re-reading that (now that I'm not being forced to by a teacher) and it was seriously so depressing I struggled to finish it (and I'm not a rainbow-and-butterflies kind of girl, either). I read some of the critical excerpts at the end of the book and this unsigned review dated July 1848 summed it up best: "...How a human being could have attempted such a book as the present without committing suicide before he had finished a dozen chapters, is a mystery. It is a compound of vulgar depravity and unnatural horrors..." Fri, 18 Nov 2011 12:33:45 -0800 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/literary-fiction/threads/36375?page=2#forum_thread_comment_756316 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/literary-fiction/threads/36375?page=2#forum_thread_comment_756316 WaFoNo I can't remember the title or who wrote it, but it was a true story. The daughter wrote about her father's struggle with depression and his eventual suicide. It hit way too close to home because something similar happened in my family. I read it once and I stowed it away because I can't bear to read it again. Sat, 19 Nov 2011 08:07:52 -0800 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/literary-fiction/threads/36375?page=2#forum_thread_comment_766081 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/literary-fiction/threads/36375?page=2#forum_thread_comment_766081 Serendipitist The Giver was probably the saddest thing I ever read. Lois Lowery's writing is just amazing, and you have absolutely no idea what happens at the end so I always though it was horribly depressing. Sat, 19 Nov 2011 08:30:37 -0800 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/literary-fiction/threads/36375?page=2#forum_thread_comment_766268 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/literary-fiction/threads/36375?page=2#forum_thread_comment_766268 Outlier- All Quiet on the Western Front always just leaves me feeling completely empty, and makes me lack the will to live. Despite that, it's still one of my favourite books. :) Sat, 19 Nov 2011 08:54:12 -0800 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/literary-fiction/threads/36375?page=2#forum_thread_comment_766512 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/literary-fiction/threads/36375?page=2#forum_thread_comment_766512 sisterswallow ooooh yes, but exquisite, no? Sat, 19 Nov 2011 11:39:33 -0800 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/literary-fiction/threads/36375?page=1#forum_thread_comment_768316 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/literary-fiction/threads/36375?page=1#forum_thread_comment_768316 sisterswallow As I Lay Dying - wonderful, dark novel - so bleak Sat, 19 Nov 2011 11:40:28 -0800 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/literary-fiction/threads/36375?page=1#forum_thread_comment_768327 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/literary-fiction/threads/36375?page=1#forum_thread_comment_768327 sisterswallow 'on the beach' by neville shute - gut-wrenchingly depressing, don't even go there. but 'jude the obscure' on the other hand - so bleak, but so so good Sat, 19 Nov 2011 11:43:00 -0800 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/literary-fiction/threads/36375?page=2#forum_thread_comment_768362 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/literary-fiction/threads/36375?page=2#forum_thread_comment_768362 sisterswallow I'd totally forgotten about flowers for algernon - for about 10 years - kill me now Sat, 19 Nov 2011 11:44:26 -0800 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/literary-fiction/threads/36375?page=2#forum_thread_comment_768383 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/literary-fiction/threads/36375?page=2#forum_thread_comment_768383 ConfusedShipper123 Green Angel. Oh my goodness. Yes. Absolutely, extremely depressing... Sat, 19 Nov 2011 16:54:46 -0800 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/literary-fiction/threads/36375?page=2#forum_thread_comment_772207 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/literary-fiction/threads/36375?page=2#forum_thread_comment_772207 ConfusedShipper123 Living Dead Girl by Elizabeth Scott. It just felt so absolutely hopeless... Sat, 19 Nov 2011 16:55:19 -0800 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/literary-fiction/threads/36375?page=2#forum_thread_comment_772211 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/literary-fiction/threads/36375?page=2#forum_thread_comment_772211 Fiona W Oh man, one time I re-read <em>Wuthering Heights</em> while trying to keep a little bluepoint Siamese kitten from dying. And my husband was on a business trip, so I was all by myself. I didn't plan for everything in my life to plunge so completely into despair: we got the kitten, he was cute and perky and apparently healthy; I started re-reading <em>Wuthering Heights</em> because we'd found this lovely edition bound in dark blue leather at an estate sale; and then my husband left on his trip. All of a sudden, the kitten started having diarrhea and refusing to eat. I took him to the vet. They didn't know what was wrong with him, but they said I would have to force feed him out of a syringe or he would die quickly of dehydration. So there I was forcing this foul-smelling goop down the gullet of a limp kitten, working day and night just to keep the little guy clean and fed—punctuating these efforts with sessions of reading the most disheartening part of <em>Wuthering Heights</em>. It was a three-day weekend, so I didn't even have the requirement of going to work to give me a break from this pattern. I tried to call my husband, couldn't get through, didn't have any friends around—and this was before the Internet. I couldn't have been more alone. And I wouldn't give up on the kitten because I'm a doctor: I was convinced I could save him! Ultimately one night around three AM I found myself wandering over the moors crying out in a Slough of Despond—I was either Heathcliff or Cathy, it didn't matter—and the kitten was clearly at death's door. Suddenly it was all SO depressing that it flipped...and became hilarious. I started laughing. I laughed and laughed and laughed until I was exhausted, happy, relaxed. I checked on the kitten: he was lying on his side, still breathing. So I went to bed and slept for a long time. When I got up the next day, the kitten was dead. I finished reading <em>Wuthering Heights</em>. I buried the kitten. Need I add that it was a cold and rainy day when I dug that grave? =guffaw= Sat, 19 Nov 2011 20:35:07 -0800 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/literary-fiction/threads/36375?page=2#forum_thread_comment_774802 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/literary-fiction/threads/36375?page=2#forum_thread_comment_774802 Fiona W <em>Jude the Obscure</em>! Now that's the depressing book I would pick if I needed one. So intense, so difficult to make oneself finish reading. That note: "Done because we are too menny." Sat, 19 Nov 2011 21:18:32 -0800 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/literary-fiction/threads/36375?page=2#forum_thread_comment_775311 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/literary-fiction/threads/36375?page=2#forum_thread_comment_775311 sisterswallow Oh my. and of Sue: "she was a staid worn woman now"! Sun, 20 Nov 2011 05:33:51 -0800 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/literary-fiction/threads/36375?page=2#forum_thread_comment_778445 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/literary-fiction/threads/36375?page=2#forum_thread_comment_778445 rparker <em>The House at Pooh Corner</em> is the most depressing book I've ever read, but it doesn't have the reputation you're probably looking for. <em>Tristessa</em>, <em>The Sheltering Sky</em>, <em>The Catcher in the Rye</em> are all pretty bleak? <em>The Perks of Being a Wallflower</em> was a pretty popular emo book when I was in high school, but it's more YA. Sun, 20 Nov 2011 05:49:23 -0800 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/literary-fiction/threads/36375?page=2#forum_thread_comment_778517 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/literary-fiction/threads/36375?page=2#forum_thread_comment_778517 unicornsong This. Never Let Me Go made me weep all the way through the last quarter of the book. And then I had an anxiety attack. Sun, 20 Nov 2011 08:44:59 -0800 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/literary-fiction/threads/36375?page=1#forum_thread_comment_779577 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/literary-fiction/threads/36375?page=1#forum_thread_comment_779577 unicornsong I don't know. I read the Giver when I was 11 and still liked to believe in happy endings, but even when someone broke the news to me that he probably died in the end, I still found it really uplifting. Maybe because I'm a musician and he dies hearing music. Sun, 20 Nov 2011 08:47:19 -0800 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/literary-fiction/threads/36375?page=2#forum_thread_comment_779593 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/literary-fiction/threads/36375?page=2#forum_thread_comment_779593 KateShelton I'd like to change my reponse. ^THIS^ (post by Fiona W) is the most depressing story ever. Sorry about your kitty. That is so sad. And horrible. And depressing. :( Thu, 01 Dec 2011 08:12:24 -0800 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/literary-fiction/threads/36375?page=2#forum_thread_comment_915255 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/literary-fiction/threads/36375?page=2#forum_thread_comment_915255 letsgooilers I'll second the mention of All Quiet on the Western Front. Just a horrible, horrible book, that leaves me in a depression for about a week afterwards. Also, Revolutionary Road by Richard Yates, I always find horribly depressing as well. One person dies literally, and another metaphorically dies. Just horrible. Please, it frankly reminds me quite a bit of my own life. Thu, 01 Dec 2011 08:25:07 -0800 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/literary-fiction/threads/36375?page=2#forum_thread_comment_915356 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/literary-fiction/threads/36375?page=2#forum_thread_comment_915356