the importance of supporting a small town newspaper
Our town is one of the lucky ones coming through a world-wide pandemic with its hometown newspaper intact. The Lakeville Journal has been serving NWCT since 1897, but in
postcards from The Latecomers NYC launch
Thanks to all who came out on a cold November night to help celebrate the New York City launch of The Latecomers at Book Culture on Columbus. I'm especially
my book is alive in the world today!
And doesn't it look pretty on Kindle?
my recs for multigenerational novels
As I was writing The Latecomers, I sought out other novels in which various generations drive the narrative. I started, of course, with Anna Karenina to see how the
how old letters played a part in the book
A few years ago, I came across letters that my late great-uncle Edward wrote to my mother, beautiful recollections of growing up on the West Side of Chicago in the
boxty
Bridey, the protagonist in THE LATECOMERS, hails from West Ireland where boxty made frequent appearances at her family's dinner table. I discovered boxty (pancakes made with potatoes) in my research
hooray! spring is in bloom and THE LATECOMERS is available for pre-order
Spring is finally bustin' out all over, even in this cool little video that Little, Brown made out of THE LATECOMERS cover. (Late spring, latecomers, seems apt to me.) The
ARCs are in!
Advanced Readers Copies are manuscripts bound with the cover image. An ARC is the first version of the novel--before it's copyedited, designed and produced. THE LATECOMERS isn't due out until
meeting the team at Little, Brown
When I published my first book, I was surprised to learn that making a book involved so much more than writing it. Of course, writing a book isn't nothing--no book
Hawthornden
Greetings from Scotland where I'm finishing THE LATECOMERS in a 15th century castle--there isn't any place more conducive to finishing a novel set in yesteryear. I'm here with four other