02176cam a2200289 i 4500 296119608 TxAuBib 20160812120000.0 160401s2016||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 2016009700 9781501105791 pbk. 1501105795 pbk. DLC eng rda DLC GCmBT TxAuBib rda Carlino, Renée. Swear on this life [BOOK] : a novel / Renée Carlino. New York : Atria Paperback, 2016. 306 pages ; 21 cm. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier This warm and witty novel is about a struggling writer who must come to grips with her past, present, and future after she discovers that she's the inspiration for a pseudonymously published bestselling novel. When a bestselling debut novel from mysterious author J. Colby becomes the literary event of the year, Emiline reads it reluctantly. As an adjunct writing instructor at UC San Diego with her own stalled literary career and a bumpy long-term relationship, Emiline isn't thrilled to celebrate the accomplishments of a young and gifted writer. Yet from the very first page, Emiline is entranced by the story of Emerson and Jackson, two childhood best friends who fall in love and dreamof a better life beyond the long dirt road that winds through their impoverished town in rural Ohio. That's because the novel is patterned on Emiline's own dark and desperate childhood, which means that "J. Colby" must be Jase: the best friend and firstlove she hasn't seen in over a decade. Far from being flattered that he wrote the novel from her perspective, Emiline is furious that he co-opted her painful past and took some dramatic creative liberties with the ending. The only way she can put her mind at ease is to find and confront "J. Colby," but is she prepared to learn the truth behind the fiction? 20160812. Man-woman relationships Fiction. Authors Fiction. First loves Fiction. Romance fiction.