Kathleen Glasgow
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Yes, exactly. Exactly. Yeah. So I'm just like, I'm playing out all my trauma in the fictional world. For everyone. And yeah, that's the way it works. And, you know, that's partly it probably comes from a little bit of like my background in poetry where I'm used to like talking about emotional things in a narrative way.
Yes, exactly. Exactly. Yeah. So I'm just like, I'm playing out all my trauma in the fictional world. For everyone. And yeah, that's the way it works. And, you know, that's partly it probably comes from a little bit of like my background in poetry where I'm used to like talking about emotional things in a narrative way.
No, I had jumped head on into the pool of novel writing, and I wasn't doing poetry. And after How to Make Friends with the Dark, I really missed writing poetry. So when I started writing You'd Be Home Now, I thought, I'm going to figure out how to put some poetry in this book. I'm going to, because I miss writing poetry.
No, I had jumped head on into the pool of novel writing, and I wasn't doing poetry. And after How to Make Friends with the Dark, I really missed writing poetry. So when I started writing You'd Be Home Now, I thought, I'm going to figure out how to put some poetry in this book. I'm going to, because I miss writing poetry.
No, I had jumped head on into the pool of novel writing, and I wasn't doing poetry. And after How to Make Friends with the Dark, I really missed writing poetry. So when I started writing You'd Be Home Now, I thought, I'm going to figure out how to put some poetry in this book. I'm going to, because I miss writing poetry.
You'd Be Home Now was a really good opportunity to put that in because of the structure of the book, which was inspired by a play written by Thornton Wilder.
You'd Be Home Now was a really good opportunity to put that in because of the structure of the book, which was inspired by a play written by Thornton Wilder.
You'd Be Home Now was a really good opportunity to put that in because of the structure of the book, which was inspired by a play written by Thornton Wilder.
So You'd Be At Home Now is about Emmy, who's struggling to help her brother Joey after he returns home from rehab for addiction. And Emmy's always been the very good girl in the family, and her mother is very controlling. Very loving, but controlling.
So You'd Be At Home Now is about Emmy, who's struggling to help her brother Joey after he returns home from rehab for addiction. And Emmy's always been the very good girl in the family, and her mother is very controlling. Very loving, but controlling.
So You'd Be At Home Now is about Emmy, who's struggling to help her brother Joey after he returns home from rehab for addiction. And Emmy's always been the very good girl in the family, and her mother is very controlling. Very loving, but controlling.
And I wanted to write that book from Emmy's perspective because in the two previous books, the narrator is the one who's going through all the stuff. And I wanted to write a book from the perspective of someone who's watching someone go through that. Because a lot of times, like you know...
And I wanted to write that book from Emmy's perspective because in the two previous books, the narrator is the one who's going through all the stuff. And I wanted to write a book from the perspective of someone who's watching someone go through that. Because a lot of times, like you know...
And I wanted to write that book from Emmy's perspective because in the two previous books, the narrator is the one who's going through all the stuff. And I wanted to write a book from the perspective of someone who's watching someone go through that. Because a lot of times, like you know...
When someone else is going through that, and especially if they're in the family, you kind of become invisible. Because their struggles suck up all the energy in the room. And there's none left over for you. And I think that that...
When someone else is going through that, and especially if they're in the family, you kind of become invisible. Because their struggles suck up all the energy in the room. And there's none left over for you. And I think that that...
When someone else is going through that, and especially if they're in the family, you kind of become invisible. Because their struggles suck up all the energy in the room. And there's none left over for you. And I think that that...
There's so much collateral damage around addiction. Like, it touches everybody. Like, all of us have been touched by addiction in some way, shape, or form. And so Joey's addiction, it affects Emmy. It affects his parents. It affects his friends. It affects the school. Like, everyone.
There's so much collateral damage around addiction. Like, it touches everybody. Like, all of us have been touched by addiction in some way, shape, or form. And so Joey's addiction, it affects Emmy. It affects his parents. It affects his friends. It affects the school. Like, everyone.
There's so much collateral damage around addiction. Like, it touches everybody. Like, all of us have been touched by addiction in some way, shape, or form. And so Joey's addiction, it affects Emmy. It affects his parents. It affects his friends. It affects the school. Like, everyone.