Brooke Morgan is the author of Tainted (click for my review), which is a suspenseful novel about love, loss, and familial bonds. For a chance to win a copy of her book, please visit the review and comment. The giveaway is international! Also, for an additional entry, please comment on this post.
Please give Brooke a warm welcome:
When you relocate to another country, you lose your past. It’s impossible to turn to someone and say: “Remember when?” because they don’t. One of the great advantages of being a writer is to bring that past into the present and live it every day as you write. It’s a great cure for homesickness and a lot cheaper than a whole load of Transatlantic airline tickets.
Thanks, Brooke, for taking the time to share with us your writing and cultural experiences.
Deadline for the giveaway is Jan. 29, 2010!
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in this book i think the writer told about topic so real and is deep to many
My three children live in Australia and I already they are less Sri Lankan and have imbibed a good dose of down under attitudes (not a bad thing at all)
This was a great interview! I really enjoyed it.
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That last para in small fonts is so TRUE~
Moving from a state to another is quite difficult, i dnt know how moving overseas will be like!
Sounds like a great book!
Thanks for this interview post. I found it interesting that Brooke Morgan hung pictures of The Cape and family photos around while she was writing. It always fascinates me to read how writers get inspired. I can visualize my summers at the ocean with my family as well. I really want to read this book. I think it will bring back warm feelings.
I've never moved overseas, I only moved about 30 miles from where I grew up, but I can understand the rootless feeling. Add to my move, all my family left the state, so I don't have people to sit with and say "remember when" either.
Good answer with Fraiser, though 😀
I love this post! It's so true about losing your past when you move to another country.
Thanks for your kind words over at Booking Mama.
I can't imagine moving overseas. I already miss my family and we're only separated by a few states!
I think setting the scene with the pictures of the Cape is a great way to be there without actually being there. 🙂
–Anna
Diary of an Eccentric