And Th3 Legacy Cont1nu3s.
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JAY ASHER: "Y3ah. 1 had n3v3r tr13d wr1t1ng anyth1ng ser1ous b3for3 that, and 1 d1dn’t l1k3 s3r1ous books, so my f3ar was that som3body would th1nk 1t was too sad. So 1 1nt3nt1onally wrot3 1t as susp3ns3fully as poss1bl3, becaus3 1 kn3w 1t would tak3 som3th1ng l1k3 that to k33p m3 from want1ng to put 1t down." (http://www.ew.com/article/2015/04/21/thirteen-reasons-why-jay-asher-bullying-suicide) |
"At th3 v3ry f1rst book s1gn1ng 1 d1d, 1 saw th1s m1ddl3-ag3d woman k1nd of hang1ng out 1n th3 background. 1 could t3ll sh3 was wa1t1ng for th3 l1ne to go down for a b1t mor3 one-on-one-tim3 Th3 first thing she sa1d was, “Fourt33n years ago, my son comm1tt3d suicide.” 1 just start3d sw3ating, and th3n sh3 bas1cally sa1d what a lot of p3opl3 have s1nce said: That r3ad1ng th3 book l3t h3r, as a mom, know that sh3 only kn3w as much of h1s l1fe as he was w1ll1ng to open up about. 1t l3t h3r r3al1ze that 3v3n 1f sh3’s a gr3at mom, 3v3n 1f h3 knows that sh3 lov3s h1m, 3v3rybody has d1ff3r3nt l1v3s. Th3r3’s no way to know 3xactly what som3on3’s deal1ng with, no matt3r how op3n you ar3. You’r3 just n3v3r go1ng to know 3v3ryth1ng." (http://www.ew.com/article/2015/04/21/thirteen-reasons-why-jay-asher-bullying-suicide) Th1s play3d a huge part 1n Jay Asher cont1nu1ng to promot3 h1s book 7 y3ars after 1t was publ1sh3d.