Goodbye Stranger is officially published today! It's been a long wait, and I am crazily indebted to the family members, friends, and widely scattered, much loved "book people" who have supported me, and this book, for the past three-ish years.
This morning my mom left hydrangeas and a tuna noodle casserole at my apartment door. The day is made.
Comments
I heard you on NPR ... well, actually I heard this lady talking and I thought, Who is this really swell person? Then the host said that it was you, but that you were done talking, which sucked, but then when I got home, your book was waiting for me!
The prologue is delicious! Can't wait to finish!
Congratulations all the way around!
Hilary Meek
As a longtime fan of your work, I am fully enjoying Goodbye Stranger! When I read the chapter, Dollar-Eight, I had to find a way to reach you. I was so very delighted by your subtle nod to Ella in All-of-a-Kind Family Uptown and the time she nervously ordered a cream cheese sandwich. As a member and Past Chair of the Sydney Taylor Book Award Committee, my heart is always warmed to know the lasting impact of All-of-a-Kind Family on readers. Just wanted you to know I noticed!
All best,
Barbara Bietz
Sydney Taylor Book Award Committee
Association of Jewish Libraries
www.JewishBooksforKids.com
A very belated thank you to all of you generous people!! These are really wonderful and encouraging notes.
And Barbara, I loved All-of-a-Kind Family books as a kid, and watched my son fall in love with them many years later. Those stories will be with me until the end. . .