Goodreads asked Sally Franson:

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

Sally Franson I was inspired to write BIG IN SWEDEN, a novel about a reality TV show in Sweden because...you guessed it...I was ON a reality TV show in Sweden! The show that inspired my book, ALLT FÖR SVERIGE, is all about genealogy, and as a result I became fascinated with the idea of family. How much of who we are is contingent on and defined by those who came before us? How can the concept of "family" evolve to its most capacious and generous form? I also wanted to take readers to Sweden, a country that I adore, and have them fall in love with it as much as I did. And I also, always and forever, wanted to make readers laugh at this crazy world we all find ourselves in.

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