Today, I am pleased to host Christine Hurley Deriso, author of Then I Met My Sister, for the Teen Book Scene Tour (click link for more stops) I really enjoyed this book and I am very excited to host the interview.
Kate: Please describe Then I Met My Sister in 140 characters or less.
Christine: 17-year-old Summer unearths long-buried family secrets when she discovers the diary her sister kept the summer before her death.
Christine: 17-year-old Summer unearths long-buried family secrets when she discovers the diary her sister kept the summer before her death.
Kate: Why did you choose to write a YA novel?Christine: I don't feel like I choose my novels. I feel like they choose me. This idea made it perfectly clear that it was going to camp out in my brain until I dealt with it. So I did.
Christine: "Beautiful Boy" by David Sheff, "Room" by Emma Donoghue, "Never Let Me Go" by Kazuo Ishiguro.
Kate: Did you take inspiration from your own life and meld it into your characters or situations?
Christine: Yes, my own experiences always either directly or indirectly find their way into my books.
Kate: What are you currently working on? Can you divulge?
Christine: The book I'm writing is about a young woman who gets the power to change strangers' destinies. Lovin' it!
Thanks Christine for stopping by!!
Christine Hurley Deriso's Website
Summary of Then I Met My Sister: (From Goodreads) Shannon has been the backdrop of my life since the moment I was born.
Summer Stetson lives inside a shrine to her dead sister. Eclipsed by Shannon's greatness, Summer feels like she's a constant disappointment to her controlling, Type A momzilla and her all-too-quiet dad. Her best friend Gibson believes Summer's C average has more to do with rebelliousness than smarts, but she knows she can never measure up;academically or otherwise.
On her birthday, Summer receives a secret gift from her aunt; Shannon's diary. Suddenly, the one-dimensional vision of her sister becomes all too solid. Is this love-struck, mom-bashing badass the same Shannon everyone raves about? Determined to understand her troubled sister, Summer dives headfirst down a dark rabbit hole and unearths painful family secrets. Each revelation brings Summer closer to the mysterious and liberating truth about her family and herself.
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