Mona writes…

That things are dark in the U.S. right now, very frightening, and it often feels like the news here is just more horrible and more horrible, and your bleak and haunting tale made me feel much better! I guess it was the escapism I needed. Thank you so much.

Michelle Replies…

Dear Mona, thank you for this.  I find it fascinating that sometimes a bleak and haunting story can be just what one needs when the real news is bad.  We’ve always needed stories to escape into, and to help us make sense of things; and we always will.  Your capacity for feeling strongly about a book does you proud. Dark times pass.  Stay steady.  With best wishes, Michelle