Sylvie is a psychic with a troubled past. Thomas is a reporter who is on the search for fake psychics. Nan Fischer in "Some of It Was Real" offers the reader a complex narrative of how people see each of their own realities in complex comparison to those they are with. Ms. Fischer narrates in such a way that keeps her readers engaged and always questioning as to which perspective is most believable and what reality truly is. The plot twists and turns as Sylvie works to prove that her gift is real to Thomas, a skeptic, to a surprising end that is extremely satisfying to the reader.