When it comes to books about weddings, there tends to be three basic categories: sappy, catty and desperate. Girls in White Dresses manages to be none of those things, but maybe that’s because, despite its title, it isn’t really a book about weddings.Read the rest on The Afterword.
“It’s funny when people say, ‘Oh, you wrote a book about weddings,’” says author Jennifer Close of her debut collection. “And I’m like, ‘I guess, but I think I wrote a book about your twenties, and weddings just happen to you.’”
It’s really the most transformational time in your life, Close says, because in 10 years you go from being looked after to having a career, and bills, and go from casual relationships to ones that might actually go somewhere. Along with all those transitions, she adds, comes weddings.
Girls in White Dresses is a mostly chronological collection of related short stories about friends Isabella, Lauren and Mary, and some of their mutual friends. The book starts when the women are in their early twenties, fresh out of university, and leaves them on the cusp of 30. Although some of the stories deal with weddings and related events, the majority of the tales are about friendship and the way life changes during the first adult decade.
Wednesday, August 24, 2011
Jennifer Close on Girls in White Dresses
I plan to write about Girls in White Dresses tomorrow, so I won't say too much now. I interviewed Jennifer Close last week and my profile ran in yesterday's National Post – if you missed it, it's on The Afterword. Here's a teaser:
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This book Girls in White Dresses sound very interesting, I would like to read this novel.
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Guillermo
Girls in White Dresses is a mostly chronological collection of related short stories about friends Isabella, Lauren and Mary, and some of their mutual friends. Wow this book sounds very interesting, thanks for share with us.
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Melissa