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- Nov 07, 2020
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- Great
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- Nov 07, 2020
I had a great life even before 'The Memory Keeper's Daughter' took off. I really enjoy teaching.
- Dreams
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- Nov 07, 2020
'The Lake of Dreams' grew gradually, over many years, elements and ideas accruing until they gained enough critical mass to become a novel.
- Beautiful Place
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- Nov 07, 2020
I lived for two years in Odawara, a castle town an hour outside of Tokyo, near the sea. It's a beautiful place, and I drew on my experiences there when writing 'The Lake of Dreams.'
- Great
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- Nov 07, 2020
I haven't done any genealogical exploring myself, though members of my family and also of my husband's family have traced things back. I have a great grandfather on my mother's side who was a musician, and I'd like to know more about his life.
- Memory
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- Nov 07, 2020
There was a sense that there was a lot of word of mouth happening with 'The Memory Keeper's Daughter,' even in hardcover.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
I hadn't really thought about this until 'The Lake of Dreams,' but I've set all my stories in places that are familiar to me. It frees me up to spend more imaginative time on the characters.
- Distance
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- Nov 07, 2020
The secret at the heart of 'The Memory Keeper's Daughter' is something everybody, except for some of the characters, knows in Chapter 1. Some of the narrative tension comes from that distance between what the readers know and what the characters know.
- Myself
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- Nov 07, 2020
I like to think I've grown as a writer and taken some risks, but I still consider myself to be a literary writer.
- Future
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- Nov 07, 2020
You don't want to engage in road rage when the person in the next car might be your child's future teacher or your dentist's father.
- Husband
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- Nov 07, 2020
Lexington is home to the University of Kentucky, where my husband and I teach, as well as to Transylvania University, the oldest college established west of the Allegheny Mountains, and several multinational companies; people come and go from all over the world.
- Family
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- Nov 07, 2020
I grew up in Skaneateles, a small town in New York's Finger Lakes region, where parts of my family have lived for five generations. I can walk the streets there and point out my father's childhood home, the houses my grandfather built, the farm where my great-great-uncle worked after he emigrated from England in the 1880s.
- Life
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- Nov 07, 2020
Your understanding of a place changes the longer you stay; you discover more, and your own life gets woven into the fabric of the community.
- Left
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- Nov 07, 2020
'Middlesex' by Jeffrey Eugenides left me both moved and, at times, laughing out loud in delight.
- Good
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- Nov 07, 2020
In writing, I want to be remembered for telling good stories in beautiful and powerful language, using the poetry of words to reflect the thematic concerns of compelling stories.
- End
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- Nov 07, 2020
I swam across Skaneateles Lake, about a mile, when I was 11 years old. I remember feeling when I was in the middle of the lake that I would be there forever, and having no idea where on shore I'd end up. I made it, and I'm proud of the determination and persistence that took.
- Comfortable
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- Nov 07, 2020