Therese Oneill's latest book is Ungovernable: The Victorian Parent's Guide to Raising Flawless Children.From her Q&A with Caroline Leavitt:
I love this book so much I want to marry it. How did you ever think to write about this? What was the why now moment?--Marshal Zeringue
First of all, thanks, Caroline. The book is too young to consider your offer of marriage but yet you honor our family name with your proposal.
I had this idea the day I signed the contract for my first book “Unmentionable.” I thought a “what to expect when you’re expecting VICTORIAN STYLE!” would be a natural follow up to a book about how to be a tidy Victorian lady. Let me loop your next question about the research being hilarious/horrifying in here.
Within a month of research I was on the phone to my agent saying “TELL THEM WE GIVE THE MONEY BACK THIS IS THE WORST IDEA FOR A FUNNY BOOK EVER O GOD IT’S ALL WHISKEY AND LEECHES THAT DON’T EVEN WORK!!”
Which my very supportive agent and editor (Jessica Papin and Jean Garnett respectively) would not allow. I am from Oregon and New York ladies just terrify me. Manhattan needs more weed and Birkenstocks.
I thought it would be hilarious. But I began my research by looking...[read on]