Written during the pandemic, the San Francisco-based YA author’s first adult novel involves the lives of two women who reconnect in their 20s.
Author Nina LaCour began work on her first novel when she was still in college. In a flash of inspiration, she envisioned Sara, a character whose tragic past would only slowly reveal itself to the writer.
“After selling my first novel, I’ve had contracts for other books, so I’ve had this really wonderful and rare job security that I felt very fortunate to have as a writer,” LaCour explains. “To write a whole novel and have no idea if it would end up selling — or even going anywhere — felt like a huge risk, but it was something that felt very important to me.”
“It became this wonderful escape for me as the days stretched on and there was so much uncertainty,” says LaCour. “Every day, I would return to the story and work on it and imagine myself in beautiful homes and restaurants and being served delicious plates of gorgeous food.” “It’s an area that has a lot of those issues, that has been really plagued by drugs and poverty, as many small, vacation destination towns are. When you visit, it only takes a little bit of observation to see that not everyone there is living as fortunately as the Bay Area tourists are,” says LaCour. “I wanted to honor the place while telling Sara’s story and representing the complexities of the area.
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