Two Can't-Miss Author Interviews: Sue Halpern and Susan Henderson

Good news: we have two fantastic author interviews for your enjoyment, featuring Sue Halpern, author of Summer Hours at the Robbers Library, and Susan Henderson, author of The Flicker of Old Dreams. More good news: their editor, Sara Nelson, is asking the questions, offering a rare glimpse into the relationship of author and editor. Keep reading, keep watching, and enjoy!

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Summer Hours at the Robbers Library by Sue Halpern: This heartfelt story follows an unforgettable cast of characters whose lives intersect at a New Hampshire library. Check out some of the praise below, including Donna Seaman's rave STARRED Booklist review. Click here to request a copy of the egalley from Edelweiss. Summer Hours at the Robbers Library goes on sale February 27th.

"Finely choreographed and lucidly told, Halpern infuses this tale of derailments and second chances with free-ranging empathy, lithe humor, and penetrating insights into the human psyche. [Halpern is] a discerning and sensitive novelist."
—Donna Seaman, Booklist  review

"Sometimes the best stories in the library aren’t found on its shelves; they’re walking through its doors and congregating by the reference desk. Sue Halpern knows this and mines the setting for comic and tragicomic gold." —Marilyn Johnson, author of This Book Is Overdue! and The Deadbeat

"Summer Hours at the Robbers Library is whip-smart, funny, and moving all at once. A rare combination." —Maggie Gyllenhaal, Academy Award-nominated actress

"Fans of Felicity Hayes McCoy’s The Library at the Edge of the World will be taken with this beautifully written novel with appealing characters." —Library Journal

Click here to check out a wonderful interview with Sue Halpern, author of Summer Hours at the Robbers Library and Donna Seaman, Booklist Editor, Adult Books.

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The Flicker of Old Dreams by Susan Henderson: The beloved author of Up from the Blue (a Virginia Stanley favorite) depicts a struggling Midwestern town and the local mortician—a life-long outsider—who strikes up an unlikely friendship that will forever change her life. The love is pouring in for this special novel. See below for a sample of the raves and click here to see a full list. Click here to request a copy of the egalley from Edelweiss. The Flicker of Old Dreams goes on sale March 13th.

"The Flicker of Old Dreams is at once a vivid and wildly compelling study of small town American life and an intimate and incisive exploration of the human condition, from love to loss and beyond. If Shirley Jackson and Kent Haruf had a love child, she might write like Susan Henderson." —Jonathan Evison, New York Times bestselling author of West of Here and The Revised Fundamentals of Caregiving  

"This novel is so breathtakingly good, so exquisitely written. About a female mortician, about a childhood tragedy that still haunts a damaged young man, about the endless landscape and about those tiny sparks of possibility. Oh my God. Trust me. This book. This book. This book." —Caroline Leavitt, New York Times bestselling author of Cruel Beautiful World

"Like the wind scours paint from an old grain silo, Susan Henderson’s writing scours away all the pretend niceness of small town life in Montana to reveal the frayed and patched nature of humanity. Nobility, ragged resilience, and hope compete with small-minded ignorance in a story of unlikely friendship that is sharply detailed and so beautifully written." —Helen Simonson, New York Times bestselling author of Major Pettigrew’s Last Stand and The Summer Before the War 

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-The LLF Team