Samantha McLaughlin
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Chris Bohjalian:
I absolutely loved Skeletons at the Feast! What was your research process like, especially for those scenes dealing with the concentration camps? {Also, any chance of a sequel?} Thank you for writing!
Chris Bohjalian
Thanks for your kind words, Samantha.
I interviewed Holocaust Survivors and Prussians who were living in that part of Germany. The interviews always left me haunted and a little shell-shocked. The stories were devastating. I was deeply grateful to everyone who spoke with me.
And, of course, I read lots of memoirs and histories.
And I needed a lot of maps, as I recall.
Yes, I considered a sequel: the story of the character you meet in the last sentence of the book. Looking back, I wish I had.
Alas, I believe it's too late now; too many years have passed.
But I am so glad you liked the novel. I am very, very grateful.
I interviewed Holocaust Survivors and Prussians who were living in that part of Germany. The interviews always left me haunted and a little shell-shocked. The stories were devastating. I was deeply grateful to everyone who spoke with me.
And, of course, I read lots of memoirs and histories.
And I needed a lot of maps, as I recall.
Yes, I considered a sequel: the story of the character you meet in the last sentence of the book. Looking back, I wish I had.
Alas, I believe it's too late now; too many years have passed.
But I am so glad you liked the novel. I am very, very grateful.
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Laura Kealey
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Chris Bohjalian:
I ordered The Flight Attendant and received today! Excited to start reading it. Your book Midwives got me back into reading for pleasure after college/law school and The Double Bind started my book club that has been meeting for last 10 years. They are two of my favorite books! Do you ever visit bookstores or book clubs in CT area?
Nicoletta
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Chris Bohjalian:
I am halfway the Flight Attendant and I am loving it. Cassie character remind me of Leland Fowler (The laws of similar); she is getting more and more in trouble by doing one bad choices after another! My question is if you are going to write another historical fiction story like The Sandcastle Girls, Skeletons at the Feast or The Light in the Ruins? I loved those books and I would love to read new historical novel.
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