The folks at Entertainment Weekly asked me some questions, and I got to talk about books, movies, and how awesome I think Reese Witherspoon is. Here’s the interview.
Category: Books
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The German Team
This is the team who worked on the German edition of The Light We Lost — or as it’s called in Germany, Was Bleibt Sind Wir. Danke schon! (Don’t they look lovely? I hope I get to meet them in person one day.)
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BuzzFeed’s Realistic Love List
So honored that BuzzFeed included The Light We Lost on this list of 31 Books that Portray Love in a Realistic Way. Love the book company it’s keeping.
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Women And Hollywood
Sometimes I forget I said things, and then they get quoted somewhere, like in Women and Hollywood and I think, “Yes! I totally agree with that!” Thank you for writing this article and pulling out that quote.
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An Article from Australia
This article from Nine.com.au talks about books that Hollywood celebrities recommend. Reese Witherspoon’s recommendation of The Light We Lost for the Reese’s Book Club x Hello Sunshine is in there. And so is my Putnam Books pal Chloe Benjamin’s book, The Immortalists, recommended by Emma Roberts and Karah Preiss at Belletrist. (I recommend it, too.)
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Belletrist Brief!
The wonderful women at Belletrist featured me and The Light We Lost in their brief today! Thank you, Emma & Karah.
(In my brief, I talk about how much I loved Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie’s Americanah and how much I can’t wait to read Meg Wolitzer’s The Female Persuasion)
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Reese Witherspoon Chose The Light We Lost As Her February Book Club Pick!
I’m so, so honored that Reese Witherspoon chose The Light We Lost as her February Book Club Pick for Reese’s Book Club x Hello Sunshine. What a Tuesday morning it was when I saw this video!
https://www.facebook.com/ReesesBookClubxHelloSunshine/videos/1849686401716402/
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A Video for World Read Aloud Day
To celebrate World Read Aloud Day, I read the first page of The Light We Lost out loud. If you click below, you can hear it. (You can also hear me as the narrator on the audiobook.)
https://www.facebook.com/JillSantopoloAuthor/videos/1598318230276003/
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A Hebrew Cover!
I met the translator who translated The Light We Lost into Hebrew on Twitter when she shared this cover. So cool to see it. (And to electronically meet her!)
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Book Bub’s Most Heartbreaking Books List
Thank you to Book Bub for including The Light We Lost in their list of the most heartbreaking books of 2017.
