Susan Choi

And I do, I do, I mean, readers, your mileage may vary.

But I do really think that in the course of the book, Louisa does achieve some grace, you know.

She does become a little less prickly.

I know.

She just can't let him in.

She's so mean.

Not throughout, but she makes it very, very difficult for him to get close.

I mean, probably around page 400, actually.

And I was really disappointed.

Yeah?

I didn't know, well, I mean, even worse than not knowing it would be a 400-page novel, but it reads very fast.

It does.

Don't be intimidated.

Also, they printed it to look extra large.

It's not... No, I'm kidding.

It is over 400 pages.

That's not... That's unfortunately not... We can't finesse that.

Not only did I not know it would be 400 pages plus, but my...

inspiration text as I think of it or sort of the book that had kind of fired my imagination and first made me think, ooh, I want to write about that time in Japan is what I first thought.

I want to write about that childhood experience I had in Japan and try to write about these other swirling issues that are interesting to me.