Cal asked Carol Goodman:

One of my favorite aspects of your books is the parallel timelines and stories that tie into each other. What gave you the idea to write that way?

Carol Goodman I'm sorry I didn't see this months ago! Oh, I think I'm always trying to get at how the past intertwines with our present. That's how it feels to me, day in, day out, like the past is here in my present life in my memories and in who I've become. I like the idea of stories from the past running alongside what's happening in the here and now. And I love books--like POSSESSION by A.S. Byatt--that do that so much more powerfully than mine!

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