How true a book should be.

            The question is, how true should a non-fiction book be? Well, this is a question rather broad, for non-fiction varies, from a magazine about politics sold in a kiosk on a corner of Main Street, NY, to a memoir written by a Holocaust surviving hero who saved the devastated prisoners from their doom. But applying to books, should there even be a question of how true should non-fiction be, when the genre itself is clearly saying “Not made up!” It seems as if the writers of the new century have gone so bold, as if to call themselves writers of memoirs, whilst bending the truth, not caring for their readers’ feelings. And if you call me too critical, I may as well recommend you reading A Million Little Pieces and not be concerned about the “5% made up” as the author, James Frey, states. Yes of course the author must create a breath taking piece, and many say that a writing piece without imagination is like house without a door, but that doesn’t mean that you should make a dragon out of a kitten, it isn’t necessary to make things up in order to intrigue your readers. An element of exaggeration is not a crime in Non-Fiction stories, if that is of your concern, but what I mean is that the genre of Non-Fiction was never to be altered by imagination, for if it is, what separates it from its sister genre Fiction? Nothing.