As I wrote this book, the citizens of Hanley came to life and common themes emerged. Love, loss, and redemption touch nearly every character, in ways very different one from another. I tried to understand what was true for each of them, and portray them fully.
My aha moment came in recognizing that Lunch Ladies had become a story about ordinary women, doing what ordinary women do: living extraordinary lives.
In each newsletter, I’ll tug on a common thread or two, to take a look at what’s woven into the book and its characters. In our
first newsletter in May, we looked at how the roles of
Sisters were portrayed. This time, we’ll look at Making Choices.
