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FAQ for Plan B: Boyfriend

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I’m a technical writer. That means I write Frequently Asked Question pages (FAQs) at work. It’s become a bit of a tradition for me to post an FAQ when I have a new book out. (Previous FAQs for The Boyfriend's Back and His Secret Past .) So here goes… 1. In the first chapter Sarah’s son gets suspended from school for bringing a knife in his backpack. Would a school really suspend a kid for that? My friend’s daughter got the boot for a butter knife in her lunch bag. My husband said she must have been using it to spread anarchy. 2. I heard this book includes a Drunken Breakdown scene. What kind of research did you do before you wrote that? Have you ever seen the movie Barfly with Mickey Rourke? I spent a few weeks immersing myself in that lifestyle, Heh . No, seriously. I didn't need to research to write that scene. I’m a writer. I make stuff up. 3. In the book, Charlie is obsessed with Jimmy Rollins from the Philadelphia Phillies. Are you a Phillies fan? No. Like all good Pitts...