Author discusses her novel The Sea Captain's Wife, a historically accurate adventure story along the high seas about a young girl, Auzba, desperate to leave her sheltered hometown aboard the ship of Captain Nathaniel Bradstock. In this interview, Powning discusses her research methods and the acting class that helped enrich her characters.
Beyond what you read with your book group for discussions, do you spend time during your meetings just talking about books you love?
March 1, 2011, 460 voters
March 2011
March is the bridge month between winter and spring. In most parts of the country, there’s still some time to lay a fire in the fireplace and curl up with a book, but there are also days where you feel the sun shining brightly and a few birds starting to chirp, and you realize spring IS on the way. The clocks change this weekend, which means we get one less hour to read, but somehow the words "Daylight Saving Time" just seems to brighten my mood.
David Vann, author of the critically acclaimed Legend of a Suicide talks about the glacial walk that inspired his latest novel Caribou Island, which is in stores now.
—Australian Book Review
—Richard Russo, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of EMPIRE FALLS and NOBODY'S FOOL
—Booklist
