Word: opal
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...struggle has already begun—last month, Viswanathan “firmly” told the Boston Globe that the novel is not an autobiography, and that Opal is nothing more than a fictional character...
...It’s hard to avoid tracing the similarities, though, and despite what Viswanathan has said, one must wonder, is Opal actually self-referential—a sort of “Mehta”-fiction? Where does its plot end and Viswanathan’s real life begin...
...That was in September of Viswanathan’s senior year, right before early action applications were due at Harvard. According to Cohen, it was around that time that Viswanathan and her new agent started working on the concept for "Opal Mehta" and shopping the proposal around to various publishing houses...
...Muchnick said she’d be working with Viswanathan again for her second book, and Cohen, for her part, still keeps in touch with the young author even though her days of needing college-application advice are long over. Cohen said she loved the early proof of "Opal Mehta" so much that she tore through it in a single...
...Opal Mehta ever seemed uncomfortable with alcohol and partying, Viswanathan seems like she’s got it pretty well under control: part of her Facebook “about me” reads “Wednesdays are the new Saturdays,” and one of her listed interests is “morning-after calls with Lauren...