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Janelle Brown
Dear Reader, When I was in second grade, I decided I wanted to be an author when I grew up. Being a procrastinator at heart, it took me another twenty-odd years to finally start writing that novel, and another five to finish it. That's a lot of time to gestate the book that I knew I wanted to write: Something sharp and funny and just a little bit painful, densely plotted and quick-moving and still full of heart -- the kind of book you fall in love with. The final result is ALL WE EVER WANTED WAS EVERYTHING. It's a darkly funny suburban novel set in Silicon Valley, about a mother and her two daughters whose lives are falling apart in the wake of their spectacular personal failures: Bankruptcy, divorce, promiscuity. They cloister themselves in their home for their summer, waging war against drug-dealing pool boys, born-again Christians, debt collectors, their own demons -- and, of course, each other. I hope you enjoy reading it as much as I did writing it. For more information, a chance to win one of five free copies of the novel, or a call to your book club, email awewwe@janellebrown.com or visit www.janellebrown.com Thanks, Janelle Brown |