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Adrianne Finlay

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Originally from Ithaca, New York, Adrianne Finlay now lives in Cedar Falls, Iowa with her husband, the poet J. D. Schraffenberger, and their two young daughters. She received her PhD in literature and creative writing from Binghamton University, and is an associate professor of English at Upper Iowa University in Fayette, Iowa.
She is also an avid soap maker, and sells handmade soap locally to raise money for type 1 diabetes research.
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Why does Carson have to be such a jerk?

Adrianne Finlay He is a jerk, isn't he? He's a bully, and I guess the question is, why is anyone a bully? Carson feels protective about the community. He wants to mai…moreHe is a jerk, isn't he? He's a bully, and I guess the question is, why is anyone a bully? Carson feels protective about the community. He wants to maintain the status quo, and he feels a sense of entitlement, like he's in charge of keeping things "the way they should be."

Also, Jack is different from everyone else. That he can't commune in this society is a problem--no one acknowledges or cares that he has emotions and feelings. So Carson doesn't acknowledge Jack's humanity or his right to live without being persecuted. And Carson gets worse towards the end, partly I think because he begins to fear the same difference within himself that everyone sees in Jack.

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I finished Your One And Only the other day and I'm sad that I have to return it to the library because I'd rather add it to my personal library. The book was awesome! Are there any plans for a sequel? or maybe a novella about Jonah before the events of Your One And Only? Also, where did you come up with the idea for this book?

Adrianne Finlay Hi Carina! Thanks for your question. I'm thrilled you liked YOUR ONE AND ONLY :)
No plans for a sequel right now, but I love the idea of a novella tha…moreHi Carina! Thanks for your question. I'm thrilled you liked YOUR ONE AND ONLY :)
No plans for a sequel right now, but I love the idea of a novella that's a prequel following Jonah!

I came up with the idea for the book after reading a medical ethics essay about whether, if we were able, we should clone a Neanderthal, and I was fascinated with the idea of a story where someone is brought into the world with no connection to it--no family or community or anyone who even looks liked them. Instead of writing a Neanderthal, though, I imagined a future where humans had evolved in some fundamental way, and then they bring back an earlier version of human. Everything kind of went from there!(less)

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“It was scary, and nobody wanted to deal with scary, but when fears became real—things that could truly hurt you rather than just provoke abstract anxieties—there was no choice but to confront them.”
― Adrianne Finlay, Cut Off

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“We're all afraid—we're afraid of spiders, and relationships, and things falling apart...But we can't lose hope. It's not that we're not afraid, we just have to get through it. There's always a way out. Always.”
― Adrianne Finlay, Cut Off

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