And that would have been a big mistake! Despite the swoon-y cover, My Life Next Door is actually an engaging story with thoroughly unique characters. Hah… “might never have”… I almost certainly would not have cracked the spine without an incentive. But I’m also glad she came because it gave me a reason to pick up her first book, My Life Next Door, which otherwise I might never have read. Fitzpatrick came to our bookshop because she was funny and interesting and started a great conversation with the audience. So why am I talking about realistic, romantic YA all of a sudden? If I pick up a beach book, it had better feature a pistol duel between mutineering pirates, or some buried treasure, at least. Huntley read aloud from her newest YA book, What I Thought Was True, which is a love story between a girl who works year-round on a New England island and one of those dreaded rich “summer boys.” I haven’t read What I Thought Was True yet, but the piece she read aloud was funny and unexpected and sweet.īut… wait a minute! I don’t ever read novels with candy colored spines or pretty young people modeling beachwear in the sunset. I had a great time hearing about little real-life details which inspire her, and the writing process in general. Huntley Fitzpatrick, author of My Life Next Door and What I Thought Was True, gave a reading and talk at my bookshop last Thursday night.
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