Novelist and AHS alum, Chrissy Anderson, writes about Fremont and life at AHS in 1987 in her novel, The Life List. (based on a true story)
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At twenty-eight, Chrissy Anderson has been steadily checking off the boxes on her life list (as she mocks the style and life choices of everyone around her). Now married to Kurt, the man of her dreams, she’s got it all—or so everyone thinks. Chrissy’s
trendy life in suburban Northern California begins to run amuck when she
meets the much younger Leo, an unexpected man who makes her question just
how perfect her “perfect life” really is. With the help of her brassy, no-nonsense
therapist, Dr. Maria, Chrissy learns more about herself than she anticipates.

When the untimely death of her best friend catapults her into an overdue
reality check, Chrissy scrambles to correct the mistakes of her past. In order to
make everything right again, will she have to end things with Kurt or Leo …
or both?
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Women of all kinds- twenty-somethings, housewives and superwomen wanna-bes- will all be able to relate to the same pressures I felt of constructing the ideal life, only to fall short. And I suspect there will be a lot of exhaling going on as those women read The Life List. I certainly don’t expect everyone to agree with Chrissy Anderson’s decisions, but all will pause as they follow along on her journey to ask, “What would I do if I were her?”