Taking a brief break from the Project Runway Coverage on the blog today! I've long wanted to start a blog series featuring authors and the books they evangelize most. I'm delighted that my friend and writerly compatriot Rachel MacMillian is kicking it off today with a little novel called The Blue Castle.
When I was a
teenager, my ultra-cool Aunt Annette gave me a copy of A Room of One’s Own by Virginia Woolf. Any book gift (especially an unexpected one,
without occasion or holiday) was a huge treat and I felt elated but badly-- as
she pulled it from the shelf and placed it in my hand--- that her collection
would have its spine-sized hole in it.
She bid me not to
worry. She said something to the effect of it being a book that needs to be
shared and given away. She bought copies to give away. She shared it.
She appropriated its voice and took ownership of its message and sent it out
into the world, speaking for herself.
