Why are book clubs going to love Falling Under?
Falling Under is a wild read and an emotional roller coaster of a book. It’s perfect for book clubs because it’s edgy, provocative and resonates differently from one reader to another. The story and the writing itself provide numerous subjects for discussioneverything from the powerful draw of inappropriate men and the use of sex to punish oneself, to the pros and cons of the very rare second-person point of view. Falling Under is gritty and sexy, complicated and raw, dark and funny. And while my voice tends toward the literary, the pacing and plot make it a compulsive read. The appeal is broad and there’s no end of issues for a book club to discuss. Q. What inspired you to write Falling Under? In terms of the tone, I’d just written a light and funny book (a chick lit) and decided that I wanted to go deeper and darker with the next project. I was interested in keeping some of the common chick-lit elements (single woman battling issues with work, love, and family) and turning the rest o
