Ordinary People | Literary Precedents
Ordinary People was Guest's first published full-length work. Since then, she has said that the content of her stories is often inspired by her childhood. Guest has also said that her interest in cold and emotionally distant characters originates in experiences with family members. Her father did not share his feelings openly, never telling his daughter, for example, about the pain he must have felt when he was ten years old and his father died.
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