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MineralMan

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1. A true story? Perhaps,

Sat Apr 19, 2014, 12:10 PM

Apr 2014

but without evidence of it, it's hard to say. Did the author include a time and address for this incident? If not, I suspect it's just a story. It could have happened, but if it did, there should be some documentation of it. Authors write all sorts of things. You said this was a novel. Novels are fiction. Authors make up stories in works of fiction.

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The most outrageous real estate story I ever heard: [View all] Brigid Apr 2014 OP

A true story? Perhaps, MineralMan Apr 2014 #1

I have long believed that free, equal access to the legal system. Rod Beauvex Apr 2014 #2

So, what happens to the cat? tularetom Apr 2014 #3

There are two cats. Brigid Apr 2014 #14

Hoax. Or... JJChambers Apr 2014 #4

Nope. See my post below. nt Princess Turandot Apr 2014 #7

The stories are very different JJChambers Apr 2014 #11

Sounds shady and sinister enough to me. Brigid Apr 2014 #16

So... JJChambers Apr 2014 #17

The whole thing sounds like a put-up job. Brigid Apr 2014 #18

Yes I agree. Blue Diadem Apr 2014 #19

It's true, see post below. n/t Blue Diadem Apr 2014 #8

172 Stanton Street... Princess Turandot Apr 2014 #5

Yes, that's the story. Brigid Apr 2014 #10

What novel? Brickbat Apr 2014 #6

"Love Saves the Day" by Gwen Cooper. Brigid Apr 2014 #13

172 Stanton Street, at the corner of Clinton Street pscot Apr 2014 #9

Was that "Love Saves the Day" by Gwen Cooper? shenmue Apr 2014 #12

That's the one. Brigid Apr 2014 #15