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Ann Brashares, author of THE WHOLE THING TOGETHER, on building a book in layers
We're thrilled to have Ann Brashares here to tell us more about her latest novel THE WHOLE THING TOGETHER.
How long did you work on THE WHOLE THING TOGETHER?
The Whole Thing Together
by Ann Brashares
Hardcover
Delacorte Press
Released 4/25/2017
Summer for Sasha and Ray means the sprawling old house on Long Island. Since they were children, they’ve shared almost everything—reading the same books, running down the same sandy footpaths to the beach, eating peaches from the same market, laughing around the same sun-soaked dining table. Even sleeping in the same bed, on the very same worn cotton sheets. But they’ve never met.
Sasha’s dad was once married to Ray’s mom, and together they had three daughters: Emma, the perfectionist; Mattie, the beauty; and Quinn, the favorite. But the marriage crumbled and the bitterness lingered. Now there are two new families—and neither one will give up the beach house that holds the memories, happy and sad, of summers past.
The choices we make come back to haunt us; the effect on our destinies ripples out of our control…or does it? This summer, the lives of Sasha, Ray, and their siblings intersect in ways none of them ever dreamed, in a novel about family relationships, keeping secrets, and most of all, love.
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Ann Brashares is the #1 New York Times bestselling author of the Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants series, 3 Willows, The Last Summer (of You & Me), and My Name Is Memory. She lives in New York City with her husband and their four children.
How long did you work on THE WHOLE THING TOGETHER?
I started thinking about it three years ago. It took me a little over two years and a lot of drafts to get the story down.
What did this book teach you about writing or about yourself?
What did this book teach you about writing or about yourself?
In the past I thought you had to get the essential story down in the first draft, and if you didn't, you probably never would. Sure you could fix a book up in subsequent drafts, I thought, but you couldn't build it that way. I don't think that anymore. This book came to exist in layers.
What's your writing ritual like? Do you listen to music? Work at home or at a coffee shop or the library, etc?
What's your writing ritual like? Do you listen to music? Work at home or at a coffee shop or the library, etc?
I typically work at the library until I get a feel for a book and start to enjoy it. Once I am underway I can write almost anywhere. Sometimes at the beginning of a work day I listen to music to establish a certain kind of feeling or tone in my head, but once the characters start talking I stop hearing it.
ABOUT THE BOOK
The Whole Thing Togetherby Ann Brashares
Hardcover
Delacorte Press
Released 4/25/2017
Summer for Sasha and Ray means the sprawling old house on Long Island. Since they were children, they’ve shared almost everything—reading the same books, running down the same sandy footpaths to the beach, eating peaches from the same market, laughing around the same sun-soaked dining table. Even sleeping in the same bed, on the very same worn cotton sheets. But they’ve never met.
Sasha’s dad was once married to Ray’s mom, and together they had three daughters: Emma, the perfectionist; Mattie, the beauty; and Quinn, the favorite. But the marriage crumbled and the bitterness lingered. Now there are two new families—and neither one will give up the beach house that holds the memories, happy and sad, of summers past.
The choices we make come back to haunt us; the effect on our destinies ripples out of our control…or does it? This summer, the lives of Sasha, Ray, and their siblings intersect in ways none of them ever dreamed, in a novel about family relationships, keeping secrets, and most of all, love.
Purchase The Whole Thing Together at Amazon
Purchase The Whole Thing Together at IndieBound
View The Whole Thing Together on Goodreads
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
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Have you had a chance to read about THE WHOLE THING TOGETHER yet? Do you get the essential story down in the first draft or build it in layers? Do the characters talk loud enough in your head to drown out music? Share your thoughts about the interview in the comments!
Happy reading,
Emily, Jocelyn, Anisaa, Sam, Martina, Erin, Susan, Shelly, Kelly, Laura, and Lori Ann
Have you had a chance to read about THE WHOLE THING TOGETHER yet? Do you get the essential story down in the first draft or build it in layers? Do the characters talk loud enough in your head to drown out music? Share your thoughts about the interview in the comments!
Happy reading,
Emily, Jocelyn, Anisaa, Sam, Martina, Erin, Susan, Shelly, Kelly, Laura, and Lori Ann
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