by Hannah | Jan 16, 2018 | Books & Reading, From Hannah, Writing
Days after reading Station Eleven by Emily St. John Mandel and I am still thinking about it. But, I’ll be honest, its fantastical premise initially put me off. “One snowy night a famous Hollywood actor slumps over and dies onstage during a...
by Hannah | Jul 1, 2017 | Food, From Hannah, Travel, Writing
I recently received this lovely note from a reader, Sandi, regarding A French Wedding: ‘Wonderful book. My husband was from Brittany and we enjoyed Douarnenez every summer. His Aunt’s seafood platter and Kouign-Amann was amazing. Thank you for bringing back...
by Hannah | Jun 14, 2017 | Food, From Hannah, Markets & Food Stores, Travel, Writing
Is it a croissant? Is it a brioche? Is it a kind of donut?! Nope, it’s kouign-amann. My romance with kouign-amann began with a hunt for the setting for my next novel. Already a Francophile I had a few ideas about where I wanted to set A French Wedding...
by Hannah | Jun 7, 2017 | Books & Reading, From Hannah, Writing
Here at last, A French Wedding has hit the bookshelves in the U.S. and Canada. I had absolutely nothing to do with the beautiful cover so it’s not immodest of me to say “Isn’t she gorgeous?!” Don’t you just want to pull out a chair and...
by Hannah | Jun 5, 2017 | Books & Reading, From Hannah, Kids and Parenting, Writing
Elizabeth Gilbert (superstar author of Eat, Pray, Love and Big Magic: Creative Living Beyond Fear) suggests that we don’t call our books “our babies”. It’s not all that helpful or healthy to be so attached to your work output that you assign it the same...
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