We LOVED The Paris Wife. When we found out that Paula McLain had a new release on the horizon, Circling the Sun, we all did a happy dance in the office. Now that we have had time to read her new best selling historical fiction, we wanted to know more about her inspirations for...
Tell us a little bit about your new release, We Are All Made of Molecules.
It’s the story of a blended family. Two narrators. 13 year old Stewart is academically gifted, socially not so much. 14 year old Ashley (fans of my work will recognize her from Dear George Clooney, Please Marry My Mom) is socially gifted, academically not so much. Ashley’s mom and Stewart’s dad have fallen in love, and Stewart and his dad move in with Ashley and her mom off the top of the novel.
Editor’s Note: Brenda Novak books are near and dear to us. We’ve stuffed so many of her books in our beach bags over the years, anxious to dive into the sweet scenes and poignant moments. We’re so excited to chat with Brenda Novak and talk about her new book, The Secret...
The Library at Mount Char is a mystery set in a kinda-sorta magic library. When the story opens, a very powerful guy has gone missing. His adopted children have looked everywhere, and they’re starting to entertain the notion that something might have happened to him. The story focuses on Carolyn, who is the quietest and most studious of the bunch.
It’s the quiet ones you have to watch out for.
The Secrets She Keeps is about two sisters with troubled marriages who gather at their aunt’s now crumbling Nevada “divorce ranch." The story is told in alternating time periods - one summer at the present-day ranch, and the summer of 1951, a summer of secrets, when high-society women and Hollywood celebs stayed at such ranches to establish residency and secure difficult-to-get divorces.