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Beverly Gologorsky on the reissue of Things We Do To Make It Home at More.com

November 11, 2009

Beverly Gologorsky on the reissue of Things We Do To Make It Home at More.com

From More.com’s piece by Beverly Gologorsky on the re-release of her debut novel, Things We Do To Make It Home, ten years after its initial publication:

. . . When that book was first published in 1999, I was ecstatic. My first thought when I had the novel in hand was: However this book finds its way in the world, I have given these women voice. But when the book was reissued, I couldn’t help wondering if I would still like it. If I didn’t, would confidence in the work I was doing be shattered? Human beings are made of chemicals and water; writers, however, are filled with doubt at any time of day or night, including in our dreams.

. . . The saga here is not tragic. In fact, let me speak of wonderful. I finally opened the reissued novel, and read through it in two sittings, both enchanted and amazed at the people who walked across each page. So, yes, I am busy promoting the old book; and yes, I haven’t time just now to write the new one. But I am so glad to have this old friend out there in the world again.

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