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The two started making scents that were “grounded in specific memories and emotions that we wanted to relive for ourselves and share with other people,” Lin says.

"The whole process has been horrendous, because you are reliving the most traumatic and painful experience of your life."

“I hope this court recognizes the strength it takes to survive something like this — to speak out, to relive it over and over and still stand tall.”

Few who survive the teen years would want to relive them except, perhaps, if it were possible to rewind into one of Blume’s stories.

Working on the book also means reliving, and sometimes re-questioning, his own life choices.