Published April 27th, 2008
I visited a book group in Northbrook, Illinois, and they had a lot of surprising questions that I thought might interest others. Here they are:
What or who inspired you to write The Heroines? The idea for the book began when I was in residence at the Ragdale Foundation in Lake Forest, Illinois. The book is […]
Published April 14th, 2008
Flying to San Diego
A couple across the aisle told me about
their son’s wife who suffered from post-partum
depression. Prozac meant nursing was out
of the question. They worried about him,
their first grandchild. They looked at Lulu, splayed
in the empty seat, sated and snoring,
and I thought of the tricks that Fortune played,
rendered mothers proud or irate or longing
for […]
