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		<description><![CDATA[As my memoir took shape, a more troubled and prickly young man emerged than I ever realized. However, when I saw this flawed character on the page, it didn't look as bad as I had always feared. Instead, I realized many heroes have edgy, even repugnant character flaws. Homer's Ulysses was impulsive. Hamlet was self-involved. Sherlock Holmes was a drug addict. And despite these flaws, or perhaps because of them, readers identify with the hero. So why shouldn't the hero of my memoir also be flawed? This acceptance of my faults liberated me from the exhausting work of pretending I'm perfect.]]></description>
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