BAND OF SISTERS– Next Week!
I can’t believe there are only three days to go until Band of Sisters appears in the world! When I was typing away at this book, back in the initial lockdown in New York last spring, it gave me hope to know that the women of the Smith College Relief Unit had made it through…
Read MoreTHE SECRET HISTORY OF THE PINK CARNATION Discussion Thread
Thanks so much to everyone who joined me tonight at the Pink Zoom meeting! And so many apologies to everyone who tried to join, but whose join now button didn’t work. I’m trying to figure out what happened so it won’t happen again next time! The video did livestream to Facebook, and I’m going to…
Read MorePink Carnation Book Club Tonight!
Is everyone else as excited as I am for tonight’s first Pink Carnation Read Along Book Club Zoom? (Okay, I really have to think of a shorter title for these!! Pink Zoom?) In any event, we’re going to be an intimate group of 500!! And Sarah has told me she “has questions” for me,…
Read MoreBAND OF SISTERS Reader’s Guide
You may have noticed that I really, really loved researching Band of Sisters. The letters the Smith College Relief Unit sent home from the front were so full of all sorts of details and anecdotes about their daily life in the Somme. And it wasn’t just the letters! There were also photos and maps and…
Read MoreWeekly Reading Round-Up
Happy Friday! I’ve been venturing out of my comfort reads this week to sample some new books, both a little out of my usual reading orbit. First up was Kristin Contino’s A House Full of Windsor, in which a talk show host who has built her career on being pristine and prepared finds herself strong-armed…
Read MoreTHE SECRET HISTORY OF THE PINK CARNATION Discussion Thread
We’re halfway through Month 1 of the Pink Carnation Read Along! Have you been reading The Secret History of the Pink Carnation? Do you have thoughts to share? Post your thoughts below in the first discussion thread of the Pink Carnation Read Along! (You can also find a discussion thread over on my Facebook author…
Read MoreWeekly Reading Round-Up
Happy Friday– and happy almost Valentine’s Day! Do you ever have those weeks where you can’t remember for the life of you what you were reading at the beginning of it? That’s me right now. But I can tell you that I rediscovered Agatha Christie’s Tommy and Tuppence. I’d forgotten just what fun they were…
Read MoreWeekly Reading Round-Up
Happy Friday, all! I’ve got brownies baking in the oven, making the whole house smell like chocolate, which seems just about right for a Friday, doesn’t it? I’ve been visiting all sorts of happy comfort reads this week, starting with a re-read of Louise Miller’s The City Baker’s Guide to Country Living, about a Boston…
Read MoreAsk Me Anything!
For the month of February you can find me live on Facebook and Instagram (@laurenwillig) every Wednesday at noon! Join me tomorrow, February 3rd, as I live-stream from the snowy Hudson Valley to discuss everything from coffee flavors to the Pink Carnation character who almost made it into Band of Sisters. Do you have questions…
Read MorePink Carnation Read Along: Month 1
It’s time to plunge into the world of the Pink Carnation with a year long Pink Carnation Read Along! Brush off your copy of The Secret History of the Pink Carnation, pull out your brightest pink sweater, your Regency garb, or your comfiest sheep slippers (because, you know, Wooliston), or all of the above, make…
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