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I cant believe its still here.
I didnt expect this.
Working on my book has made me appreciate and admire it and love it even more.
What Nabokov did was quite remarkable in that he made readers sympathize with a monster.
Weinman shifts the focus inThe Real Lolita.
With this book, Sally Horner takes precedence, writes Weinman in her introduction.
We have to reconsider everything whenever the culture is shifting, says Weinman.
In an age of reassessment, why cant the victim have some of the spotlight?
She wanted so badly for her daughter to enjoy herself.
It was the last time Sallys mother would see her for two years.
My attitude with research and with talking to people is, everything is helpful, says Weinman.
I always prefer to err on the side of knowing or trying to know something rather than giving up.
Finding La Salles former boarding house still standing is bittersweet.
Upon seeing the house, Weinman wonders what Sallys life in captivity there was like.
Did she go on rides or play games on the boardwalk?
Did the playground thats currently across a vacant lot around the corner from the house exist at the time?
He described leaving communion and getting a fried egg sandwich.
If youre going to communion, you have time to think, Weinman says.
What do you think about?
What does that do to you?
It specializes in alcoholic drinks that are designed to look like monstrous childhood delights.
alcohol-infused smoking candy goblets like the Lollipop Passion, garnished with lollipops and candy necklaces.
A book is only done as you set it out to be, says Weinman.
Her investigation is still ongoing.
I wouldnt mind if more people came forward and I had to add their input to the paperback edition.
Because that means its closer to what the truth is.
