Archive for the Book Groups Category
Published November 21st, 2008
Here’s what should be the new cover, paperback due to be released in February 2009. Get the hardcovers while they last!!!
Published June 10th, 2008
I spent last Saturday morning on a panel titled “Uncommon Women” for the Printers Row Book Fair in Chicago. Also on the panel, moderated by the wonderful Lauren Fox, were Laura Moriarty and Marisa de los Santos. One issue that came up during discussion of Ms. Moriarty’s book, The Rest of Her Life, was how […]
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 March 13th, 2008
Listof Heroines
File attached with Heroine names, book titles, and brief descriptions of their characters.
Also known as a Dramatis Personae.
Published February 11th, 2008
I’ve received many requests for book group questions, so here are a few to get discussion going. Feedback welcome :).
Book Club Questions
Published January 28th, 2008
Here’s a provocative interpretation of the novel, from Mike F. Agree or disagree?
“I very much enjoyed the book, especially when I think I “got it”. I must admit, I may be completely off base, but I saw this novel as a complex study of a woman with mutiple personalities. The mother & 13 year old […]
Published January 16th, 2008
I was delighted with Kevin Nance’s piece in the Chicago Sun Times last weekend, when he said,
as a metafiction, The Heroines allows Favorite to spoof the conventions of fairy tales and 19th century women’s literature; the prairie around Anne-Marie’s house shares distinct characteristics with the moor in Wuthering Heights, while the nearby forest, where Penny first […]
