... but then at some point you realize, yes, OK, sure, maybe it's about that, but it's also really about something else, something you weren't aware of (not consciously).
A while back I had the realization that, to a large degree, my novel is about forgiveness. Forgiving others. Forgiving yourself. Forgiving the past as well as the present.
Today I was reading this review of Ethel Rohan's Hard to Say (a fantastic book, by the way) and I came across this quote from Peter Ustinov: "Love is an act of endless forgiveness."
I almost fell out of my chair. My god. That's what my book is really about.
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Thanks for the kind mention, Andy. I'm glad you came to that realization about your novel--an exciting and powerful moment.
Since publishing Hard to Say I've had Ustinov's quote calligraphed and it now hangs on a wall in my home (and inside me).
Ethel, how did you come across that quote? It's such a gem. (Peter Ustinov, who knew?)
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