Mixed: My Life in Black and White (25 page)

The characters in this book are real, but it bears mentioning that I have used pseudonyms for a number of them, and in a few cases I have gone a step further by altering their descriptions (for example: in the book I imply that my husband is attractive, when in truth, he is frighteningly ugly and when company visits I hide him under the bed). Though this is a work of nonfiction, I have taken certain storytelling liberties, particularly having to do with the timing of events. Where the narrative strays from strict nonfiction, my intention has been to remain faithful to the characters and to the essential drift of events as they really happened.

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