"Unputdownable" is, I suppose, something we all dream of, maybe without knowing it. I realized, some time ago, … - Meg Wolitzer

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Life is a storm, my young friend. You will bask in the sunlight one moment, be shattered on the rocks the next. What makes you a man is what you do when that storm comes.

Meg Wolitzer

"Unputdownable" is, I suppose, something we all dream of, maybe without knowing it. I realized, some time ago, that a novel can hold a lot, and it made sense that this one was not of the sleek and economical variety, but instead the "full" type. Novel as piñata. And the reader does the whacking. I had a central idea, which is to look at what happens to talent over time.

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Good writing is good writing, and I'm so happy when I read it.

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For me, a novel relying too heavily on a single idea might be a dry, deadly thing unless it possesses an animating force.

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