Goodreads asked Jan English Leary:

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

Jan English Leary My mother was adopted, and I've always been interested in the notion of nature vs. nurture. What influences us? What we inherit from our parents or how we are raised? I was interested in the things we know and the things we don't know, whatever family we belong to. In my novel, I decided to have the main character adopt a child who had been abandoned at a church and about whom she knew nothing other than her appearance. I also wanted there to be secrets in the family that are not revealed. What is the effect of holding onto a secret for years?

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