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Archives - September 2009
When Claire Cook isn't writing novels, she might be found teaching a reinvention workshop and inspiring women to pursue their dreams --- like the characters do in her latest novel, The Wildwater Walking Club.
Jacquelyn Mitchard's debut novel, The Deep End of the Ocean, was selected in 1996 as Oprah's first book club pick. Now, the story of the Cappadora family continues in her most recent novel, No Time to Wave Goodbye.
Michelle Moran is the author of the historical novels Nefertiti, The Heretic Queen and Cleopatra's Daughter, which is on sale today. It's the story of Selene, the daughter of Cleopatra and Marc Antony, who is forced to leave her home in Egypt to face the dangers of a foreign land.
Have you ever wondered what goes on behind the scenes at other book clubs? Every month on ReadingGroupGuides.com we feature interviews with book clubs and learn things like what keeps a group going strong, what books have provided the best discussions, any traditions or memorable moments, and much more.Here we introduce four of these groups, and you can click through to read their interviews.
Today's guest blogger, Australian writer and actress Sofie Laguna, shares her thoughts on her novel One Foot Wrong and its main character, Hester, and why she wrote the book 15 minutes at a time. Publishers Weekly called the story, told from the perspective of a young girl kept imprisoned in a house by her reclusive, religious parents, "a truly haunting tale that readers won't soon forget, from a compelling, original voice." Click
The Kansas City Star recently talked with author Elizabeth Strout.
In Masha Hamilton's novel 31 Hours, Carol Meitzner awakens one morning in New York City with a feeling that her 21-year-old son, Jonas, is in danger. As the gripping story unfolds, she attempts to find him, not knowing just how vital it is that she do so. In 31 hours, Jonas, newly converted to Islam, has vowed to commit a terrible act of violence.
The whole truth? Today's guest blogger, Holly Goddard Jones, talks about a way in which being a reader is different from being a writer --- and reveals real-life details she drew on for Girl Trouble, a collection of stories depicting small-town Southerners caught in moral and sometimes mortal quandaries.
An intriguing detail in an autobiography by Sherlock Holmes creator Arthur Conan Doyle led today's guest blogger, Gyles Brandreth, to craft his own mystery tales starring another celebrated literary figure: Irish scribe Oscar Wilde.
