Christina Baker Kline Quotes
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With a hardcover, you get two chances, a year apart, for the book to make an impact - often with a new cover featuring artfully crafted snippets of reviews, a new marketing campaign and maybe even a new publisher.
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Most people are remarkably resilient. Even those who have been through war or great loss often find reservoirs of strength. But the legacy of trauma is a heavy burden to bear.
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For years I'd understood that publishing in paperback was the kiss of death.
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I think fondly of the rabbit holes I disappeared down when I researched papers for history and English because I couldn't find quite what I was looking for, or because I had to go through so much material to find examples for my thesis.
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Many people, for many reasons, feel rootless - but orphans and abandoned or abused children have particular cause.
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My mother was one of the most dynamic and brilliant women I have ever known. She was also mercurial and unfocused.
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I think a lot of readers are looking for a book they can talk about.
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Part of the reason I wanted to write a novel was that in fiction I could do something that's difficult to do in real life, which is to dwell on the stark details of the experience without really needing to create that narrative of redemption.