New from Henry Holt & Company: Family Family: A Novel by Laurie Frankel.
About the book, from the publisher:
“Not all stories of adoption are stories of pain and regret. Not even most of them. Why don’t we ever get that movie?”Learn more about the book and author at Laurie Frankel's website.
India Allwood grew up wanting to be an actor. Armed with a stack of index cards (for research/line memorization/make-shift confetti), she goes from awkward sixteen-year-old to Broadway ingenue to TV superhero.
Her new movie is a prestige picture about adoption, but its spin is the same old tired story of tragedy. India is an adoptive mom in real life though. She wants everyone to know there’s more to her family than pain and regret. So she does something you should never do — she tells a journalist the truth: it’s a bad movie.
Soon she’s at the center of a media storm, battling accusations from the press and the paparazzi, from protesters on the right and advocates on the left. Her twin ten-year-olds know they need help – and who better to call than family? But that’s where it gets really messy because India’s not just an adoptive mother…
The one thing she knows for sure is what makes a family isn’t blood. And it isn’t love. No matter how they’re formed, the truth about family is this: it's complicated.
Coffee with a Canine: Laurie Frankel and Calli.
The Page 69 Test: The Atlas of Love.
My Book, The Movie: Goodbye for Now.
The Page 69 Test: Goodbye for Now.
My Book, The Movie: This Is How It Always Is.
The Page 69 Test: This Is How It Always Is.
Writers Read: Laurie Frankel (February 2017).
The Page 69 Test: One Two Three.
Q&A with Laurie Frankel.
--Marshal Zeringue
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