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On the day we met the author of the book “Brooklyn”, I found myself having a change of heart. See when we received the book I had no plans on reading it, so I didn’t. Truthfully the book looked boring and there were more than 100 other things I’d rather be doing. On the day the author came to talk to us, I was captivated by his passion. What made me want to read the book was not that I thought it was well written based on what he said, but he truly believed in what he had written. He was passionate about writing and I can tell he didn’t care if anyone in the audience liked his work. He liked it and that was all that mattered. When I went home, I was astonished as I found myself searching for “Brooklyn”. I would say meeting the author enlightened me. I am so happy I got the chance to be apart of that conference because I am now able to look at the book with new eyes and I have a sincere respect for the author.