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Part I (Pages 1 - 60)

• The following version of this book was used to create this Lesson Plan: Hough, Lauren. Leaving Isn't the Hardest Thing. Vintage Books, New York, 2021.

• This book is written from the first person perspective and in a mix of past and present tenses.

• The first essay is titled Solitaire, and it is written in a blend of the past and present tenses.

• Beginning in the present tense, Hough often lies to people who ask about her past - even basic information about where she grew up.

• Writing in the past tense, Hough recalls speaking to Sheriff Horton, the man who ran the investigation when her car was torched and burned completely while she was in the Air Force on Shaw Air Force Base in South Carolina.

• Hough had been getting death threats in the form of notes, and someone had recently written "Die Dike" in...

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