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THE FAMILY OUTING: Secrets, Memory, and Living Authentically

The Next Big Idea

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The Unreliability of Memory

This chapter explores the challenges of having a shared version of events and the subjective nature of memory. The narrator recounts a specific incident where their parents did not remember a collective phone call about getting a divorce. They reflect on the implications of memory distortion and the difficulties in determining the truth when different individuals have different recollections of the same experience.

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