Wild Precious Life Podcast
Author, educator, and learner Annamarie Kelly talks with Janet about writing True Home, coming-of-age stories, author blurbs, and how writing can be a powerful antidote in the face of grief and loss.
Interview: Nail Your Novel with Roz Morris
“When I stopped working at the business I’d founded, I was a bit lost and I started to write as a way of organizing my life. I wrote every day, what today might be called a journal or a blog, and finally after about a year, I thought I needed to write something and so I started a novel.”
What readers are saying:
…I appreciate how the author describes the importance of honesty, communication, reasonable goals, searching for growth and self, the importance of family, friends, love, and hope. I highly recommend this memorable novel.
The characters — multi-generational — are flawed but achingly human and relatable, especially 15-year-old Swanee, whose life is about to take a turn. As she experiences the push-pull of her divorcing parents, she struggles to find her own path.
Sympathetic characters with realistic flaws. Or bad people with a possibility of redemption. That’s what most writers of popular fiction aim for, and it’s not an easy balance to strike…
True Home hooked me from page one. It has everything, beginning with a very appealing and convincing cast of multi-generational characters who grapple with love, loss, betrayal, attachment, and understanding….Clare’s straightforward yet luminous prose, while pulling no punches, brims with insight and compassion…
I absolutely loved this character-driven, deeply human story. This was a wonderfully and intricately written novel about the human spirit – what it means for us to be connected and belonging to each other and the world.
Reviews
“I suppose it’s easy to read a book in one sitting. I hear this from readers who do. I never do. But I did with this novel.” Writers on Writing
“I love debuts. Just addicted to them…” Caroline Leavitt