Goodreads asked Arlene Lagos:

Where did you get the idea for your most recent book?

Arlene Lagos I was living in South Carolina at the time, and I remember thinking how different the women in the South were compared to the North. They seemed less "rough around the edges". But, as I got to know many of the women who lived in Charleston and surrounding areas, I realized they had a lot more "tough spirit" than what seemed to appear on the surface. I started to think about women in general and how they are viewed. Then it seemed that every time I watched television, read a book or saw a movie or play, it was more and more noticeable to me how much women, especially strong women, were left on the sidelines, as a secondary character, or completely absent from a story altogether. What happened to the Sigourney Weaver's and Linda Hamilton's?

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