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We're forfeiting our power if we succumb to apathy.

- Camille Perri
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I was the assistant to the editor-in-chief of 'Esquire Magazine.' And my experience as an assistant was really best case scenario. My boss was absolutely the greatest boss I could have asked for. But I think there's something universal about being an assistant, regardless of whether or not your boss is the greatest or a complete terror.

As our nation's student debt crisis has reached a breaking point, we've been hearing lots of talk about student loan forgiveness. It's taken me 20 years to forgive myself for my loan - and just as long to pay it off.

Before my mother died, I was supposed to go to the local university, where I'd applied early decision. It was the same school my two older sisters had graduated from, which had been the sole criteria for choosing it.

When I knew I wanted to write a novel that would be a twist on a conventional romantic comedy, I re-watched 'When Harry Met Sally,' as well as the other two films in the indomitable Ephron trifecta - 'Sleepless in Seattle' and 'You've Got Mail.'

When I wrote 'The Assistants,' I knew very much that I wanted to write about income inequality and student loan debt and the gender wage gap, but I wanted to put it in a really slick, fun package. That book ended up being described as a socially conscious novel in chick-lit clothing.

I wrote 'The Assistants' while I was the Assistant to the Editor-in-Chief of 'Esquire.'

Apparently, blaming oneself for debilitating student debt is common.

I'm big on coffee shops. Fortunately, I live in Brooklyn where there are many to choose from.

I can't tell you how much debt I took on to attend New York University because, at the time, I didn't care to notice. And besides, what teenager has a clue about interest rates? What I can tell you is that by my mid-20s, I owed somewhere around $50,000.

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We're forfeiting our power if we succumb to apathy.

We're forfeiting our power if we succumb to apathy.

We're forfeiting our power if we succumb to apathy.

We're forfeiting our power if we succumb to apathy.

We're forfeiting our power if we succumb to apathy.

We're forfeiting our power if we succumb to apathy.

We're forfeiting our power if we succumb to apathy.

We're forfeiting our power if we succumb to apathy.

We're forfeiting our power if we succumb to apathy.

We're forfeiting our power if we succumb to apathy.

We're forfeiting our power if we succumb to apathy.

We're forfeiting our power if we succumb to apathy.

We're forfeiting our power if we succumb to apathy.

We're forfeiting our power if we succumb to apathy.

We're forfeiting our power if we succumb to apathy.