Michelle Gagnon's latest novel is Unearthly Things.From her Q&A with Deborah Kalb:
Q: How did you come up with the idea for this modern-day Jane Eyre story set in San Francisco?Learn more about the book and author at Michelle Gagnon's website.
A: I’ve always loved Jane Eyre--it was such a groundbreaking book for its time; Jane really qualifies as an early feminist.
My former husband was a fourth generation San Franciscan who was raised in the uber-wealthy high society world that the Rochesters inhabit (in fact, I used the building he grew up in as a model for their mansion).
It was so strange to me to discover, after nearly a decade of living in San Francisco, that there was this entire world most of the city barely knew about, complete with such dated traditions as cotillions and men’s clubs.
I wanted to show that dichotomy through the eyes of my Janie, who feels just as much like...[read on]
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