Angeline asked Kelsey Bryant:

What made you want to write a retelling of Jane Eyre? (By the way, I am really excited for this retelling!)

Kelsey Bryant Good question, Angeline! Jane Eyre is one of my favorite books, and she is one of my favorite literary characters. Because this novel is so vast, my story is more "inspired by" Jane Eyre than a retelling, so I had to narrow my focus to only a few elements. What captured me most about Jane Eyre's story was her aloneness, and I could easily see how that would fit a story about a Thanksgiving where a person doesn't have family to celebrate with. I'd also been wanting to write about a young woman who had to make her own way in life, and so this novella was born.

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