Ashly answers “Could someone please remind me what was up...”

Carol asked this question about How to Age Disgracefully:

Could someone please remind me what was up with the yucca plant? Thanks!

Ashly I just finished the book and was really curious myself. After some digging I found an interview with the author where she explains the deal with the y…moreI just finished the book and was really curious myself. After some digging I found an interview with the author where she explains the deal with the yucca in her own words:

Interviewer: And then you said something in your book that piqued my curiosity: Never trust a yucca. Why not?

Clare: When I create characters, I always start from thinking what is this person good at? What does this person struggle with? What do they find really hard? What’’s their fatal flaw? And I start from that, and then I sort of add these little layers and details over time, and they become more and more three-dimensional and interesting.

One of Daphne’s little quirks is that she talks to her plants. And I thought she’s the sort of person who would dislike a particular plant just because she herself is quite spiky. She’s not the sort of person who would treat all plants the same.

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