Erin Duffy's latest novel is Regrets Only.From her Q&A with Deborah Kalb:
Q: How did you come up with the idea for Regrets Only and for your character Claire?--Marshal Zeringue
A: I was getting ready to make my own transition from the city to the suburbs, and I wasn’t all that thrilled with the idea of giving up the city life and the independence that it afforded me, and moving out to the burbs.
Like a lot of women, I had a lot of anxiety, and struggled with the “is what’s best for my family what’s best for me” debate that has driven women crazy for hundreds of years.
After one particularly bad panic attack, my husband reminded me that moving wasn’t that big of a deal, and that if I really hated it, we’d move back.
It made me feel so much better to think of it that way, and then I had a horrifying thought: what if I wanted to...[read on]