Apparently, the new chic thing is fake memoirs. With megabucks available from publishers, why should anybody allow something as simple as truth get in the way of a contract. According to various sources, including this New York Times article, Margaret B. Jones, a supposed drug-running, half-white/half-Native American girl from South Central LA, the author of a critically acclaimed memoir, Love and Consequences, is in reality Margaret Selzer, an all-white, affluent child of the San Fernando Valley.
This has me wondering who these critics are, loving a book that hasn't a shred of truth to it. You have to wonder about a publisher who could be taken in by such a pack of lies.
What does this teach us as students? I guess there are a couple of lessons to learn. First, if you're going to fake your way to fame and fortune, make sure that you can cover your tracks. Second, when you're considering a source, look long and hard at it. Apparently neither the critics nor the publishers will do the job for you.
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