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Live Blog Live Chat with Brooke Davis, LOST & FOUND
 Live Chat with Brooke Davis, LOST & FOUND(12/03/2014) 
4:42
Nora - EarlyWord: 
We will begin our live online chat with Brooke Davis, author of LOST & FOUND, in about 15 minutes.
Wednesday December 3, 2014 4:42 Nora - EarlyWord
4:44
Nora - EarlyWord: 
Meanwhile, here’s the cover of LOST & FOUND, to published in the U.S. by Penguin/Dutton in January.
Wednesday December 3, 2014 4:44 Nora - EarlyWord
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Wednesday December 3, 2014 4:44 
4:45
Nora - EarlyWord: 
Brooke recorded a video intro. especially for First Flights members.
Wednesday December 3, 2014 4:45 Nora - EarlyWord
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Nora - EarlyWordNora - EarlyWord
Wednesday December 3, 2014 4:45 
4:45
Nora - EarlyWord: 
One of our First Flights members, Kimberly McGee, posted a review of LOST & FOUND on Edelweiss and gave us permission to use it here:
Wednesday December 3, 2014 4:45 Nora - EarlyWord
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 Nora - EarlyWord
Wednesday December 3, 2014 4:46 
4:53
Nora - EarlyWord: 
I see chat participants gathering!

You can send your questions through at any time (even now). They'll go into a queue, and we'll submit as many of them as we can to Brooke before the end of the chat.
Wednesday December 3, 2014 4:53 Nora - EarlyWord
4:55
Nora - EarlyWord: 
Please don’t worry about typos – we’ll make them too!
Wednesday December 3, 2014 4:55 Nora - EarlyWord
5:00
Nora - EarlyWord: 
Brooke has joined us from Perth Australia, where it’s very early in the morning. Please say hi, Brooke!
Wednesday December 3, 2014 5:00 Nora - EarlyWord
5:00
Brooke Davis: 
Hello! Thanks so much for having me!
Wednesday December 3, 2014 5:00 Brooke Davis
5:01
[Comment From Julie P.Julie P.: ] 
Hi Brooke! Loved the book.
Wednesday December 3, 2014 5:01 Julie P.
5:01
[Comment From Happy BookerHappy Booker: ] 
Thanks for doing this, Brooke! I must be early in Australia.
Wednesday December 3, 2014 5:01 Happy Booker
5:01
[Comment From JaniceJanice: ] 
Hi! from Montana!
Wednesday December 3, 2014 5:01 Janice
5:01
[Comment From Mike D.Mike D.: ] 
Ready for a fun chat!
Wednesday December 3, 2014 5:01 Mike D.
5:01
[Comment From Galley HoundGalley Hound: ] 
Like Karl, I'm here!
Wednesday December 3, 2014 5:01 Galley Hound
5:01
[Comment From Agatha & MillieAgatha & Millie: ] 
we're here, too!
Wednesday December 3, 2014 5:01 Agatha & Millie
5:01
[Comment From GuestGuest: ] 
Hi from Connecticut!
Wednesday December 3, 2014 5:01 Guest
5:01
[Comment From LynneLynne: ] 
Loved the book so much that I am re-reading it.
Wednesday December 3, 2014 5:01 Lynne
5:01
[Comment From BethMills2BethMills2: ] 
Hello from NY
Wednesday December 3, 2014 5:01 BethMills2
5:01
Brooke Davis: 
Thank you all for joining me. So lovely to see you all here! It's a very early, sunny morning here in Perth.
Wednesday December 3, 2014 5:01 Brooke Davis
5:02
Brooke Davis: 
I'm trying to channel Karl the Touch Typist this morning.
Wednesday December 3, 2014 5:02 Brooke Davis
5:02
Nora - EarlyWord: 
We've got some questions holding in the queue, but I'm going to start with a few of my own.
Wednesday December 3, 2014 5:02 Nora - EarlyWord
5:02
Nora - EarlyWord: 
Your bio says you’ve worked as a bookseller. Pretend LOST & FOUND was written by someone else (if you can). How would you handsell it?
Wednesday December 3, 2014 5:02 Nora - EarlyWord
5:03
Brooke Davis: 
Oh my gosh! That's a difficult one to start with. I'm so terrible at selling my own book. I still work as a bookseller, but don't have to handsell it at all because all my colleagues don't really let anyone leave the store without a copy of it! ...
Wednesday December 3, 2014 5:03 Brooke Davis
5:04
[Comment From Stephanie KrasnerStephanie Krasner: ] 
Great question Nora. I am a librarian and love to hear how someone would handsell or hand recommend a book.
Wednesday December 3, 2014 5:04 Stephanie Krasner
5:04
Brooke Davis: 
Having said that, whenever I’m at the hairdresser, or the doctors, or talking to a person on the bus, when they find out I’ve written a book and they ask me what it’s about, I say something like this: It’s a road trip story, set mainly in Western Australia, from the point of view of three different characters—a little girl, and two elderly people—all of whom have lost someone they’ve loved.
Wednesday December 3, 2014 5:04 Brooke Davis
5:05
Nora - EarlyWord: 
That leads nicely into the following question …
Wednesday December 3, 2014 5:05 Nora - EarlyWord
5:05
[Comment From AndreaAndrea: ] 
I'm interested in how you wrote from the perspective of a 7 year old female and an 87 year old male. Two completely different ages and voices. Can you tell me more about this?
Wednesday December 3, 2014 5:05 Andrea
5:06
Brooke Davis: 
That's a great question! ...
Wednesday December 3, 2014 5:06 Brooke Davis
5:07
Brooke Davis: 
The voice of 7 year-old Millie came so naturally to me--not sure if that's because I'm still a 7 year-old at heart!!--but it was the first voice that came to me after my mother died. That makes sense to me--I think we do get a bit childlike when we're grieving, and she allowed me to ask those really thorny questions that adults are sometimes as little afraid to ask...
Wednesday December 3, 2014 5:07 Brooke Davis
5:09
Brooke Davis: 
And the elderly voice seemed natural as well, in the end--if I was trying to ask questions about the Way Things Are, then perhaps it would be best suited to giving those questions to a position within the culture that is seen to be invisible, just like a child, really. I'm not sure if you feel that things are the same in the States, but I definitely feel that in Australia we don't listen to our elderly enough. I wanted to give them a voice, and it seemed perfect for the subject matter.
Wednesday December 3, 2014 5:09 Brooke Davis
5:10
[Comment From Mike D.Mike D.: ] 
One part I found so moving -- the list of things Karl , who is now old, wishes he could do. It’s like poetry.
Wednesday December 3, 2014 5:10 Mike D.
5:10
Brooke Davis: 
Thank you, Mike! That's such a lovely thing to say.
Wednesday December 3, 2014 5:10 Brooke Davis
5:10
Nora - EarlyWord: 
Thanks for mentioning that, Mike - it's one of my favorite bits, too, so I copied out the text …
Wednesday December 3, 2014 5:10 Nora - EarlyWord
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Nora - EarlyWord: 
Karl wanted to feel again. He want to walk onto a crowded bus and make eye contact with a woman with brown hair, blond hair, blue hair – just hair would be enough – and feel that flip in his stomach, that nice hurt. He wanted to laugh loudly, to lean over his knees with it, to throw grapes at someone, to sit in a mud puddle, to yell things anythings, it didn’t matter. He wanted to pull down a woman’s skirt, to sit on the bonnet of a moving car, to wear shorts, to eat which is mouth open. …
Wednesday December 3, 2014 5:11 Nora - EarlyWord
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Brooke Davis: 
I wonder if we all feel a bit like that sometimes, no matter how old we are, that feeling that time is passing us by, that we're always remembering instead of doing.
Wednesday December 3, 2014 5:11 Brooke Davis
5:12
[Comment From DawnDawn: ] 
I don’t have a question but wanted to share my initial experience reading Lost & Found. First let me preface this story with the fact that I am a parochial high school librarian. The morning that I received your book I happened to be in need of something to read. I took it with me to the cafeteria and began reading, and laughing. Finally a teacher sitting next to me asked what I was reading so I started reading it aloud to her. Soon she began to laugh too. The way the parents describes heaven, who goes where and why was absolutely hysterical. I finally had to go back to the library because I couldn’t contain my giggles. I wanted to adopt Millie.
Wednesday December 3, 2014 5:12 Dawn
5:12
[Comment From bookclubreaderbookclubreader: ] 
The voice of each character was very authentic. I was amazed at some of the comments made by the older characters--I kept wondering how you were able to be so perceptive.
Wednesday December 3, 2014 5:12 bookclubreader
5:13
Brooke Davis: 
Dawn, that has made my morning!! I wish I was there! Thank you for sharing that with me.
Wednesday December 3, 2014 5:13 Brooke Davis
5:14
[Comment From Mike D.Mike D.: ] 
Good point, Brooke -- We shouldn't think of older people as being so different!
Wednesday December 3, 2014 5:14 Mike D.
5:15
[Comment From bookclubreaderbookclubreader: ] 
The characters reminded that life is meant to be an adventure--it isn't perfect, and it's often messy..?
Wednesday December 3, 2014 5:15 bookclubreader
5:15
Brooke Davis: 
'bookclubreader'--thank you for saying that. I definitely have been very close to my grandparents. I haven't always been interested in what they have to say but as I've gotten older, I have listened more. And as I said earlier, I realise that we all need to listen more...

I have one grandparent 'left'--my 90 year-old Nan, who, of course isn't what she used to be, but when I look at her, and when I talk to her, I know that her and I are not that much different. I can also tell that she doesn't feel much different from me. She misses her mum, and feels like a small child sometimes, too, just like I do. And yet, she’s 90, and I’m 35. I'm just not sure that we change that much on the inside.
Wednesday December 3, 2014 5:15 Brooke Davis
5:15
Brooke Davis: 
Mike, you read my mind! :)
Wednesday December 3, 2014 5:15 Brooke Davis
5:16
[Comment From DawnDawn: ] 
I would handsell it by comparing to movies like Big Fish or mr magorium's magic emporium. M's imagination is like a road trip inside a road trip
Wednesday December 3, 2014 5:16 Dawn
5:17
Brooke Davis: 
bookclubreader-- EXACTLY. I'm not sure when someone decided that sadness--and all the messiness--wasn't a part of life. I think it might be a bit dangerous and not good for us to be sold the story that we need to aspire to some sort of perfect, neverending happiness.
Wednesday December 3, 2014 5:17 Brooke Davis
5:18
Brooke Davis: 
Thanks, Dawn--I love that!
Wednesday December 3, 2014 5:18 Brooke Davis
5:18
[Comment From DawnDawn: ] 
You're welcome! Any plans to have book signings in New Zealand? I'll be there in July.
Wednesday December 3, 2014 5:18 Dawn
5:19
Brooke Davis: 
Oh, wow! How exciting for you. I hope so. I might actually be in Europe then, though! Hopefully one day. I will be coming to the States this January, though!
Wednesday December 3, 2014 5:19 Brooke Davis
5:19
Nora - EarlyWord: 
Is your U.S. tour set? Can we find the schedule online?
Wednesday December 3, 2014 5:19 Nora - EarlyWord
5:21
Brooke Davis: 
Not yet! I’ll be receiving my schedule sometime this week, so will know more soon. I’m heading to Vancouver in Canada for the Christmas holidays—my brother lives there, and I’m hoping so much to get a white Christmas! I’ve never had one—and then I’ll be touring Canada and the U.S. in January. I'll put it up on my facebook page as soon as I know it!
Wednesday December 3, 2014 5:21 Brooke Davis
5:21
[Comment From LilyLily: ] 
Was writing the book therapeutic - did it help you deal with your own grief?
Wednesday December 3, 2014 5:21 Lily
5:21
[Comment From Kimberly McGeeKimberly McGee: ] 
Having Technical issues but I can enjoy catching up
Wednesday December 3, 2014 5:21 Kimberly McGee
 
Nora - EarlyWord: 
Hey, Kimberly -- glad you made it!
  Nora - EarlyWord
5:22
Brooke Davis: 
Lovely question, Lily, thank you! It was the perfect avenue for me to be able to keep grieving/thinking about my mum in a way that was socially and culturally permissible...

Wednesday December 3, 2014 5:22 Brooke Davis
5:23
Brooke Davis: 
I was able to keep her close to me without anyone thinking I was too weird, or not 'moving on'. And that made me relax about the concept of 'moving on', and it also made me realise that I didn’t actually have to. It also gave me the chance to think deeply about what it means to grieve on a broader scale, which made me feel less alone. It was the most perfect thing for me to do at that time. I’m so grateful for it...

Wednesday December 3, 2014 5:23 Brooke Davis
5:23
Brooke Davis: 
I’ve always tried to be open, authentic and honest about my grief. I don’t want to hide it and I want to be kind to myself about it. If I’m having a ‘bad day’, I try to give myself the space and time to feel it. Those days remind me that my mum existed once, and they’re important for me.
Wednesday December 3, 2014 5:23 Brooke Davis
5:24
Nora - EarlyWord: 
Interesting, because your characters behave in many inappropriate ways -- is that your way of protesting the requirement to grieve "appropriately"?
Wednesday December 3, 2014 5:24 Nora - EarlyWord
5:24
Nora - EarlyWord: 
I particularly loved the part when Agatha threw all the food people brought after her husband died onto the lawn. So liberating!
Wednesday December 3, 2014 5:24 Nora - EarlyWord
5:25
[Comment From LilyLily: ] 
I think the book will help other people who are grieving find a way to deal with theirs in a way they might not have thought about.
Wednesday December 3, 2014 5:25 Lily
5:26
Brooke Davis: 
Definitely! I’ve thought really deeply about the way we as a society put silences on death and grief, and how we pretend it doesn’t happen, and how suggest that there are 'appropriate' and 'inappropriate' ways to do it...
Wednesday December 3, 2014 5:26 Brooke Davis
5:26
Brooke Davis: 
I think it makes us feel like grieving and sadness are abnormal states, and make us feel pressure to ‘move on’ and achieve ‘closure’. This is an important topic: if we’re on earth long enough, we will all experience the death of someone close, and we will all grieve. This is something that we all share. What we might not share is the way we work through this grief, and how we think about death. I don’t believe this is something that we should judge each other about. We all work through this stuff differently, and we need to take the time to understand this about one another...
Wednesday December 3, 2014 5:26 Brooke Davis
5:27
[Comment From bookclubreaderbookclubreader: ] 
As Your characters evolved they also reminded me that it's important to acknowledge your feelings rather than remaining numb, to embrace the future, whatever it holds, and let go of the past..
Wednesday December 3, 2014 5:27 bookclubreader
5:27
Brooke Davis: 
Ha, thank you, Nora!
Wednesday December 3, 2014 5:27 Brooke Davis
5:28
Brooke Davis: 
Lily-- thanks for saying that--you have no idea how much a comment like that means to me. :)
Wednesday December 3, 2014 5:28 Brooke Davis
5:28
Nora - EarlyWord: 
In your acknowledgments, you say the book was written as a PhD thesis on grief. We tend to think of PhD. theses as pretty dry. How did yours become a novel?
Wednesday December 3, 2014 5:28 Nora - EarlyWord
5:28
Brooke Davis: 
bookclubreader--I love that thought. Thank you.
Wednesday December 3, 2014 5:28 Brooke Davis
5:29
Brooke Davis: 
Yes I did write it as a PhD here in Perth at Curtin University...
Wednesday December 3, 2014 5:29 Brooke Davis
5:30
Brooke Davis: 
But it was a creative writing PhD, so essentially you have one research question (in my case, it was something about different representations of grief in literature), and you answer it in a creative way and a theoretical way...
Wednesday December 3, 2014 5:30 Brooke Davis
5:31
Brooke Davis: 
So I wrote a novel and a big essay to accompany it that explored all the psychology around grief, as well as some of contemporary representations of it...
Wednesday December 3, 2014 5:31 Brooke Davis
5:31
Nora - EarlyWord: 
What an interesting program -- kind of right brain, left brain.
Wednesday December 3, 2014 5:31 Nora - EarlyWord
5:32
Brooke Davis: 
It was actually a fantastic way to give myself permission to write a novel, as I was lucky enough to get a scholarship, and so could treat it like a job for a few years. Plus, I had mentors and immediate peers who were doing the same thing. It was a fantastic, structured way for me to do it.
Wednesday December 3, 2014 5:32 Brooke Davis
5:32
[Comment From AndreaAndrea: ] 
I'm interested in knowing a little more about the way you formatted the book with chapters titles and then so many sub-titles or sections. Why did you choose that format giving us a header for each section?
Wednesday December 3, 2014 5:32 Andrea
5:32
Brooke Davis: 
Yes, Nora! Exactly. Worked really well for me. Though I was a little weary of the academic language by the end of it all! Happy to be finished.
Wednesday December 3, 2014 5:32 Brooke Davis
5:34
Brooke Davis: 
Good question, Andrea, thank you. I think it started off as signposts I was doing for myself in the early drafting stage, and then I just never cut them out. I liked how they helped to guide the reader through the story, and the tone of it. So I kept them! :)
Wednesday December 3, 2014 5:34 Brooke Davis
5:35
[Comment From DawnDawn: ] 
I was thinking of recommending L&F to the psychology teacher at my school. How would you promote your book to a high school teacher to use in class or as a summer reading assignment?
Wednesday December 3, 2014 5:35 Dawn
5:38
Brooke Davis: 
Hmm. Good question, Dawn! I've actually been really surprised that here in Australia a lot of young teenage girls are reading it. I always ask them what they like about it, and some of them say 'the love story'! Which I'm amazed by, because I thought a love story between two elderly people wouldn't be high on the list for teenage girls!! And so many of the girls seem to really identify with Millie.
Wednesday December 3, 2014 5:38 Brooke Davis
5:39
Brooke Davis: 
I'm not sure that answers your question! If you come up with an idea, let me know! :)
Wednesday December 3, 2014 5:39 Brooke Davis
5:39
[Comment From AndreaAndrea: ] 
I especially liked that you could bring humor into the book. Having recently lost both my parents ( within 5 months of each other) this books was especially me meaningful and I appreciated the humor. Not only having to deal with their deaths, but all the legal work that goes with it, I loved it when someone made me laugh and see joy.
Wednesday December 3, 2014 5:39 Andrea
5:42
Brooke Davis: 
Andrea--I am so, so sorry to hear about your parents. Thank you so much for saying that about my book. It really is so ridiculous how difficult all that bureaucracy stuff makes a sad, difficult thing, much harder. They should be making it easier!! ...
Wednesday December 3, 2014 5:42 Brooke Davis
5:42
[Comment From bookclubreaderbookclubreader: ] 
Adding to Andrea's comment, you've addressed many of life's big issues: love, loss, abandonment, death, and new beginnings in very touching ways. I think this will strike a chord with many readers.
Wednesday December 3, 2014 5:42 bookclubreader
5:43
Brooke Davis: 
I remember when my mum died, we were trying to do all the little things like get the electricity into her name, etc, and all these companies kept sending us forms that required her signature!!
Wednesday December 3, 2014 5:43 Brooke Davis
5:43
[Comment From Mike D.Mike D.: ] 
Why did the characters keep writing on things that they were there? Did they feel overlooked?
Wednesday December 3, 2014 5:43 Mike D.
5:43
Brooke Davis: 
bookclubreader--thank you! I hope so.
Wednesday December 3, 2014 5:43 Brooke Davis
5:43
[Comment From AndreaAndrea: ] 
Perfect book for book clubs.
Wednesday December 3, 2014 5:43 Andrea
5:44
Brooke Davis: 
Mike--I think so, definitely. I think both the very young and the very old often feel invisible in their position within society. But I also think that we all feel a bit that way, sometimes.
Wednesday December 3, 2014 5:44 Brooke Davis
5:45
Nora - EarlyWord: 
Gotta point out that LOST & FOUND was a #1 best seller list in Australia.
Wednesday December 3, 2014 5:45 Nora - EarlyWord
5:45
Brooke Davis: 
Andrea--thank you--I've been visiting a few here in Australia, and the conversations we've had have been incredible. I've felt very lucky.
Wednesday December 3, 2014 5:45 Brooke Davis
5:45
 Nora - EarlyWord
Wednesday December 3, 2014 5:45 
5:46
Nora - EarlyWord: 
Take a look at the other books on the list.

Pretty impressive!
Wednesday December 3, 2014 5:46 Nora - EarlyWord
5:46
Brooke Davis: 
Oh, that was so exciting! I couldn't believe it. My publisher here was really good at getting it in to the hands of the indie booksellers before it went to print. They really got behind it over here, which I’m hugely grateful for.
Wednesday December 3, 2014 5:46 Brooke Davis
5:46
[Comment From Janet SJanet S: ] 
This will be a perfect book club discussion--provocative and timely. I enjoyed the structure.
Wednesday December 3, 2014 5:46 Janet S
5:46
[Comment From Kimberly McGeeKimberly McGee: ] 
I agree! I was thinking of suggesting it to two or three of our library book clubs. It promotes a lot of discussion points
Wednesday December 3, 2014 5:46 Kimberly McGee
5:47
Brooke Davis: 
Thank you, Janet & Kimberly!
Wednesday December 3, 2014 5:47 Brooke Davis
5:47
Nora - EarlyWord: 
It's also done well in other countries, right?
Wednesday December 3, 2014 5:47 Nora - EarlyWord
5:48
Brooke Davis: 
It's been picked up in about 25 other countries, but it's only come out in Australia so far! The US, Canada and the UK will be the first to release it outside of Australia. So, fingers crossed! :)
Wednesday December 3, 2014 5:48 Brooke Davis
5:48
Nora - EarlyWord: 
Were you surprised that it got picked up so widely?
Wednesday December 3, 2014 5:48 Nora - EarlyWord
5:49
Brooke Davis: 
Absolutely!! I've been so surprised that people in other countries understand it. When I was writing it, I thought it was this very weird little Australian book about topics no one wants to ever talk about! ...
Wednesday December 3, 2014 5:49 Brooke Davis
5:50
Brooke Davis: 
As I said before, I work in a bookshop here in Australia, and have done for about ten years. It’s been such a great way to get an insight into the industry—it’s helped me to understand how difficult it is not only to get published, but to also understand how difficult it is to get your book read even after it’s been published. There are so many books! I know that I need to keep my expectations about my own work in that world really, very low. ! It’s helpful, because any ‘win’ is a surprise.
Wednesday December 3, 2014 5:50 Brooke Davis
5:51
Nora - EarlyWord: 
That's so funny that you thought it was specifically Australian -- as you can tell by the reactions here, people think the themes are universal.
Wednesday December 3, 2014 5:51 Nora - EarlyWord
5:51
Nora - EarlyWord: 
I was only brought up short by a few specific references (what is Boron -- do I have that right? Agatha drinks it but then throws it down the sink)
Wednesday December 3, 2014 5:51 Nora - EarlyWord
5:52
Brooke Davis: 
Yeah--grief and death and joy are all things we share, for sure...
Wednesday December 3, 2014 5:52 Brooke Davis
5:52
Brooke Davis: 
Haha, oh that's funny. It's actually 'Bonox', and is this terrible, awful drink that tastes like liquid Vegemite, that lots of people of my grandparents era drank during war time! You really don't want to try that stuff.
Wednesday December 3, 2014 5:52 Brooke Davis
5:52
Nora - EarlyWord: 
I just looked at the time -- we only have a few minutes left. Get your final question in, everyone!
Wednesday December 3, 2014 5:52 Nora - EarlyWord
5:53
[Comment From DawnDawn: ] 
Any plans for creating a book club reading guide for L&F?
Wednesday December 3, 2014 5:53 Dawn
5:53
[Comment From AndreaAndrea: ] 
You have all of us to promote it!
Wednesday December 3, 2014 5:53 Andrea
5:53
[Comment From Galley HoundGalley Hound: ] 
How did you come up with the title?
Wednesday December 3, 2014 5:53 Galley Hound
5:54
Brooke Davis: 
Dawn, there is actually one at the back of the Australian version--I'm not sure if they are including it in the U.S. version? If not, you're welcome to get in touch with me (via facebook is probably the easiest way), and I can definitely send it to you. :)
Wednesday December 3, 2014 5:54 Brooke Davis
5:54
Brooke Davis: 
Andrea--thank you!!
Wednesday December 3, 2014 5:54 Brooke Davis
5:55
[Comment From PamelaPamela: ] 
Everyone -- be sure to read the acknowledgments -- they say so much about who Brooke is!
Wednesday December 3, 2014 5:55 Pamela
5:56
[Comment From Janet SJanet S: ] 
It's a lovely book and just a great read.
Wednesday December 3, 2014 5:56 Janet S
5:56
[Comment From StephanieStephanie: ] 
Just wanted to add that I can't wait to have a bookclub read and discussion. It would be extremely appropriate to our patrons.
Wednesday December 3, 2014 5:56 Stephanie
5:56
Brooke Davis: 
Galley Hound--It's funny, it was always going to be a working title. It was just the first title I thought of--it seemed to tie into the themes really well. I didn't love it, and fully expected the publishers to want to change it, but they liked it! So it just stuck. I like the simplicity of it, though--especially working as a bookseller, I know readers sometimes find it hard to remember the titles of books--it makes it easy to remember!!
Wednesday December 3, 2014 5:56 Brooke Davis
5:57
Brooke Davis: 
Pamela--thank you, I feel a bit embarrassed about how long they are!! :)
Wednesday December 3, 2014 5:57 Brooke Davis
5:57
Brooke Davis: 
Thank you Janet and Stephanie!
Wednesday December 3, 2014 5:57 Brooke Davis
5:57
Brooke Davis: 
And thanks everyone for joining me--had a ball. Hopefully get to meet you one day.
Wednesday December 3, 2014 5:57 Brooke Davis
5:57
Nora - EarlyWord: 
Wow, everyone, that’s nearly it for this chat. The hour flew by. Thanks, Brooke for all your insights. Amazing for so early in the morning your time (it’s tomorrow where she is, folks)
Wednesday December 3, 2014 5:57 Nora - EarlyWord
5:58
Brooke Davis: 
Yes, I'm in the future!
Wednesday December 3, 2014 5:58 Brooke Davis
5:58
Nora - EarlyWord: 
And thanks to the Penguin First Flights program members for joining us today. The chat will be posted in our archives.
Wednesday December 3, 2014 5:58 Nora - EarlyWord
5:58
Brooke Davis: 
Thanks again, everyone, and to Nora for facilitating.
Wednesday December 3, 2014 5:58 Brooke Davis
5:59
Nora - EarlyWord: 
Our next chat, on Jan. 21, is with M.O. Walsh, author of My Sunshine Away – read about it here
Wednesday December 3, 2014 5:59 Nora - EarlyWord
5:59
Nora - EarlyWord: 
Goodbye, everyone! Keep on reading!
Wednesday December 3, 2014 5:59 Nora - EarlyWord
5:59
Brooke Davis: 
Bye, everyone!
Wednesday December 3, 2014 5:59 Brooke Davis
 
 

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