![]() ![]() Within the first few pages of I KNOW THIS MUCH IS TRUE, we find out that our imperfect protagonist’s twin brother, Thomas, has chopped off his own arm in the local library. I saw that if I was ever going to start writing a book, I needed an impactful opening. I learned so much about the craft of writing from this book. Dominick also uncovers the biography of his Italian grandfather, which lays bare the wounds that have been carried from one generation to the next. ![]() I KNOW THIS MUCH IS TRUE is a family saga detailing the life of Dominick Birdsey and his relationships with his disturbed twin brother, disappointed ex-wife, unstable girlfriend, and terrible stepfather all while dealing with his grief over losing his child and his mother. Of course, as soon as I’d finished reading it for the first time, I was desperate to discuss it with my friends (it was the days before ubiquity of the Internet) and ended up lending it and then buying several more copies over the years-I currently have two copies on my bookshelves. I also knew that I would not lend this book to anyone and, because the story was so rich and full, I would be rereading this book for the rest of my life. But right from the first page of Wally Lamb’s I KNOW THIS MUCH IS TRUE, I realized I was going to be in it for the long haul. ![]() Committing to a book that long is like taking out a mortgage or planning a pregnancy. ![]() I think that, normally, a more-than-900-page book would scare me half to death. ![]()
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