Colleen
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Chris Bohjalian:
I read Midwives in one of my first book clubs ever when I worked for Minnesota Parent magazine back in the late 90s. When the meeting was attended by a couple of homebirth advocates, they clapped when I advised your book did not change my mind about being open to a homebirth. Glad to report my third was born wonderfully at home. What do you have in the works next? I've read a few of your books, but gladly have more.
Chris Bohjalian
Greetings back, Colleen. Lovely to hear from you.
Hard to believe that last month Vintage published the 20th anniversary edition of "Midwives." That was 15 books ago. (Yes, I feel a little elderly writing that sentence.)
Congrats on your three wonderful children. I love being a parent.
Next up? "The Flight Attendant," landing March 13, 2018.
Fingers crossed my work never disappoints you.
Hard to believe that last month Vintage published the 20th anniversary edition of "Midwives." That was 15 books ago. (Yes, I feel a little elderly writing that sentence.)
Congrats on your three wonderful children. I love being a parent.
Next up? "The Flight Attendant," landing March 13, 2018.
Fingers crossed my work never disappoints you.
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Gwyn Haller
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Chris Bohjalian:
I have six grandsons. A couple of these grandsons are voracious readers and the others are active readers--a couple of them write. All the boys are between 12 and 17. Suddenly, they are the size of men, and the writers have to keep that secret or on a back burner because they're expected to be all about sports. Did you experience any resistance to your career as a writer as a boy/teen?
Marsha
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Chris Bohjalian:
Continuation of previous comment: I feel that you used the stereotypical description of a flight attendant when you created Cassie. Would she have had those same qualities if she had been a teacher or a doctor or a lawyer? I think not. You besmirched the occupation of flight attendant in order to get some sensationalism into your book, and in doing so, you made your novel cheap and predictable.
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Jun 07, 2017 04:39AM