I Remember Mama --

Or not.

Rachael tells me that, according to the readings, this story isn't really true at all -- only that the author had like, one Norwegian relative.

Honestly, I didn't think of it as a memoir at first anyway, because I didn't pay attention to the author of the stories. But after class on Monday, I'd accepted the memoir idea. I said then something like that the story would be true according to its feeling; I actually got that from the author's note at the beginning of another memoir. But now that these stories aren't true, where does that leave that discussion? Because the stories still feel real; we could discuss them like they were.