![]() It got me thinking about the ways your life can change in an instant, while it often takes much longer to change yourself. There was such a big difference between our little farmhouse and these enormous, fancy mansions. I remember pulling over to the side of the road, unable to believe my eyes. It had not been occupied by someone else, or renovated, but had vanished completely, demolished and cleared away to make room for a huge gated community. Last year, I was out that way and decided to drive by, only to find that it was…gone. However, I still thought about that little house a lot, and how it represented the life I’d had before: before I was a real writer, before I was even an adult, at least in my own mind. Three years and two books later, we moved into a big new house we’d built ourselves far on the other side of town. When I was writing my first book, I lived in a little yellow farmhouse in the country. Places Things Sarah's Words from Sarahland Owen is mentioned (though not by name) as helping Jaime put together a CD of obscure songs for Cora. Rogerson from Dreamland is mentioned to be Ruby’s drug dealer ![]() Edwards Award from the American Library Association. ![]() She is the recipient of the 2017 Margaret A. ![]() Kristy and Burt from The Truth About Forever buy a chain from Ruby. Sarah Dessen is the 1 New York Times bestselling author of over a dozen novels for teens, which have received numerous awards and rave reviews, and have sold millions of copies worldwide. Heather Wainwright Where else did I read about that? Characters ![]()
0 Comments
Leave a Reply. |