Congratulations, Anne, on this latest book of yours. I think readers are really going to respond to it and to its main character, Sam Clark, whose painful but courageous journey of self-discovery forms its main plot line. As any of your faithful readers will know, strong, courageous, intensely determined and realistic female protagonists anchor each of your prior novels. Their personal journeys are sometimes quite far along and reflect a great deal of personal sacrifice and a hard won history of enlightenment. In these cases, readers see the result of having achieved personal liberty and spiritual freedom. In some cases, the journey is just beginning and we readers get to join your characters as they start their voyages of discovery. A Broken Window falls much more in the latter category, actually long before Sam Clark realizes what the stakes are in her life, that a transformative journey is required. Of course, men have their journeys in life too. But I dare say it is the rare man who summons the kind of honest reflection that will challenge his sense of identity, his very existence, at the depths which Sam Clark and so many of your other female characters manage to do. So, best of luck with this latest story, which is filled with the humor, compassion, and wisdom about human nature that your readers expect from you.
Congratulations, Anne, on this latest book of yours. I think readers are really going to respond to it and to its main character, Sam Clark, whose painful but courageous journey of self-discovery forms its main plot line. As any of your faithful readers will know, strong, courageous, intensely determined and realistic female protagonists anchor each of your prior novels. Their personal journeys are sometimes quite far along and reflect a great deal of personal sacrifice and a hard won history of enlightenment. In these cases, readers see the result of having achieved personal liberty and spiritual freedom. In some cases, the journey is just beginning and we readers get to join your characters as they start their voyages of discovery. A Broken Window falls much more in the latter category, actually long before Sam Clark realizes what the stakes are in her life, that a transformative journey is required. Of course, men have their journeys in life too. But I dare say it is the rare man who summons the kind of honest reflection that will challenge his sense of identity, his very existence, at the depths which Sam Clark and so many of your other female characters manage to do. So, best of luck with this latest story, which is filled with the humor, compassion, and wisdom about human nature that your readers expect from you.
Endlessly grateful to you, Robert, for your long-standing support of my work!