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I don’t like to share meaning of title—that’s for the reader to decide—but I will say I chose each word carefully, purposefully. Watch. Us. Fall. The opening line is: People still talk about what happened to Addie and Josh. Some of what they say is true, some of it not; you know how people are. Watch: this is about people in the spotlight. They’re watched and talked about. Some are famous and some will become infamous. (You know how people are.) Us: This is a book about holding onto cherished relationships in conflict with each other. Who is Us? Who will Addie choose, when the choice comes? Her best friends or Josh? And then of course there is a falling action to the plot. Thus, the Fall.
More than that, let the reader decide.
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The Page 69 Test: The Cutaway.
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My Book, The Movie: Watch Us Fall.
The Page 69 Test: Watch Us Fall.
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Q&A with Christina Kovac.
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