The mother-daughter bond is about as richĪ subject as any I know. Of the girls, I realized that most of them involved their mothers to someĭegree. Relationship with your own mother resemble any from the book? Stronger role in The Second Summer of the Sisterhood? Does your
I hope that readers who liked the first book will like the second one,ĭid you plan for the girls relationships with their mothers to play a I grew close to them again and enjoyedīeing with them so much, I forgot all the things I was worrying about.Īs for expectations, I still try to keep them in check. Luckily, though, when I started to spend real time with CarmenĪnd Bee and Tibby and Lena, I relaxed. To ask clunky, anonymous questions of people you used to know in an intimate, Intensely close, but hadn't seen in a long time. They felt to me like friends with whom I'd been When I finally forced myself back to my computer, I worried I had fallen out of I worried that I would forget how to write. I worried that I wouldnt live up to the hopes of my I tried not to let the success change anything, but it kept creeping into myĬonsciousness anyway. Has the success changed your writing process and expectations for the The That they have responded, more than anything else, to the unconditional love and To the extent that it has resonated with readers, I am grateful for it. Here I give credit to the publisher, Random House,Īnd to the booksellers. Ive read many excellent books thatĭid not succeed commercially. I know how hard it is to get aīook published let alone have it succeed. Outset I tried to keep my expectations very low. Its success has been a wonderful surprise each step of the way. Thoughts on its success and why do you think it resonated so heavily with The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants, your debut novel, received muchĬritical praise, awards, and adoration from readers of all ages. To full-time writer to write her first novel, The Sisterhood of the TravelingĪNN BRASHARES ON THE SECOND SUMMER OF THE SISTERHOOD
Her job, she never went to graduate school, and instead, remained in New YorkĬity and worked as an editor for many years. Off after college to work as an editor, hoping to save money for school. Philosophy at Barnard College, part of Columbia University in New York City.Įxpecting to continue studying philosophy in graduate school, Ann took a year Story as truthfully and engagingly as I can, and then let the chips fall whereĪnn Brashares grew up in Chevy Chase, Maryland, with three brothers andĪttended a Quaker school in the D.C. Really write with the idea of trying to teach any lessons. Brashares talks about the importance of female friendships, why she chose the travelling pants as the theme for her books, when she first fell in love, and much more.
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