Such an honor to discover An Unexpected Guest alongside Mrs. Dalloway as required reading for the creative writing senior elective “Women Writers” at Notre Dame Academy in Worcester. Thanks for choosing it, Mrs. Haley, and best of luck to all of you young women writers…(Read More)
Così bella
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It is such a pleasure having An Unexpected Guest out in Italy, where it is known as Quando Eravamo Foglie nel Vento, and Italian readers have been so welcoming. For example: “Romanzo veramente magistrale, con un plot molto bene intessuto, con una suspense invidiabile, in uno stile elegante e raffinato.” (A truly masterful novel, with…(Read More)
Read Her Like An Open Book blog calls An Unexpected Guest, “An unexpected pleasure… a remarkably well-written novel and a spellbinding read.” To read the full review, look here…(Read More)
A new Q & A
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A conversation about writing, Paris, Virginia Woolf, choosing book titles, the truth of expatriate life, favorite books, and favorite wines. Among other things. To read, look here…(Read More)
“An intriguing book of many layers and many storylines… The narration moves smoothly from the past to present and back again and it is a fast paced read that kept me page turning well into the night.. I look forward to reading more from Anne.” To see the rest of this review in The French…(Read More)
An Unexpected Guest (aka Quanto Eravamo Foglie Nel Vento) is cooking up a storm in Italy. To see how, look here…(Read More)
An Unexpected Guest is on “Paperback Row” of the Sunday New York Times Book Review! “Paperback books of particular interest” – To see the whole post, please look here…(Read More)
An unloved young man and unloved young woman meet in a forest outside a fictional-but-could-be-anywhere village in France and create a new life together, in more ways than one, in the charming, slyly commentative, almost fairy-tale-like debut novel from Christine Eddy, born in France but long-time resident of…(Read More)
A French woman rides a trans-Siberian train in search of a long-lost lover, all the while remembering conversations with an ancient mysterious neighbor left behind in Paris. The first few pages of this very slim but so rich novel short-listed for the Prix Goncourt in 2007, by veteran French author Michèle…(Read More)
A secluded house in the French countryside, one murdered proprietor, two caretakers, and five invitees, each hoping to inherit. A “ten-little-Indians”-style whodunit for sure, but what’s even more heart-stopping is the arresting way 30-something writer and artist’s model Émile de Turckheim uses the French language in telling this…(Read More)
