Author Archive: Brandi Megan Granett
An American Marriage: Interview with Tayari Jones
Real. Real is the best word to describe Tayari Jones’ novel, An American Marriage, which was just named Oprah’s latest book club pick. Roy and Celestial know love, and they struggled to be love amidst the swirling chaos that unfolded on fateful even in their new marriage. This novel captivates readers with the depths Jones explores […]
Interview with Smadar Herzfeld and Translator Aloma Halter
Smadar’s Herzfeld’s novel Trail of Miracles, translated by Aloma Halter, follows Gittel, a Ukrainian, Hasidic, Jewish woman as she makes a once-in-a-lifetime pilgrimage and discovers the unique gifts she brings to the world. The lyric beauty of Gittel’s voice will mesmerize readers into following her on her Trail of Miracles. Smadar, I am curious about […]
All The Best People: Interview with Sonja Yoerg
New York Times bestselling author, Chris Bohjalian, writes that Sonja Yoerg’s All the Best People contains “Not just the best people, but real people: authentic, quirky and troubled. I cared for them all.” I couldn’t have said it better. Yoerg immerses us in family in crisis; instead of looking away, we become invested in their […]
Slightly South of Simple: Interview with Kristy Woodson Harvey
Once again, Kristy Woodson Harvey immerses us both into the South and into the lives of her characters. In Slightly South of Simple, we find ourselves rooting for Ansley and her daughters as they grapple with letting love and each other into their lives. Focusing on Ansley in addition to her daughters takes Slightly South […]
Asking Questions, Finding Community
“You ask the best questions,” Kristy Woodson Harvey exclaimed, if you’ll lend me the liberty of saying people can exclaim via email. Working at home as a writer can be a lonely business, and I’ll take human contact and emotion in any form I can get some days! But through the beautiful world of the […]
The Secret Ingredient of Wishes: A Conversation with Susan Bishop Crispell
The Secret Ingredient of Wishes by Susan Bishop Crispell transports readers to a Nowhere, NC, where wishes appear on a breeze and pies have secret powers to influence more than a diner’s waistline. The touching magic illuminates the choices we make in matters of the heart, while we watch Rachel Monroe learn what it takes […]
The Language of Sisters: A Conversation with Cathy Lamb
In Cathy Lamb’s beautiful new novel, The Language of Sisters , she weaves together a tale of family, following sisters, Toni, Valerie, and Ellie Kozlovsky, as they grapple with their family’s past in the Soviet Union and their own futures. The Kozlovsky sisters find the power of love to carry them through, and readers will […]
The Goodbye Year: A Conversation with Kaira Rouda
It’s only fitting that Kaira Rouda’s latest novel, The Goodbye Year, (http://www.kairarouda.com/) takes place on the edge of the Pacific Ocean. All of the characters in the novel stand on an edge—the divide between who they were and what they can become as they face graduation, divorce, and even the prospects of staying together. As […]
The Real Thing: A Conversation with Tina Ann Forkner
In The Real Thing by Tina Ann Forkner, we meet Manda as she learns to be a cowgirl through the ups and downs of her new marriage to a rodeo star, Keith and the specter of his missing ex-wife, Violet. While the ride isn’t always smooth, readers can enjoy how Manda learns to take the […]
Stuck in the Middle: A Conversation with Ann Garvin
I Like you Just Fine When you Aren’t Around by Ann Garvin captures that in-between place so many people find themselves in today where carrying for aging parents collides with creating your own family and tending to your career. Her unflinching look at the challenges with a liberal dose of humor and a touch of […]
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