Question: The author of Bastard out of Carolina , known as a confessional memoirist par excellence, writes about someone other than herself, and earns mixed reviews.
After writing about someone other than herself, the author of Bastard out of Carolina earns mixed reviews.

Answer: yes

Question: well been awfully nice talking with you
Talking to you has been bad.

Answer: no

Question: I'm afraid we're now in the position of having to track Miss Vandemeyer anew.
A new plan to locate Miss Vandemeyer will be resource intensive.

Answer:
it is not possible to tell