‘The Cayucos home could wait.’
The home he’s talking about is his childhood home, where he lived with his uncle and his parents. That’s the house that could wait. Because it can still be his even though he has an apartment in LA. He doesn’t have to say goodbye to that house in order to live in Los Angeles.
These are only a few of the titles that do this, and it’s something I pay attention to. Why? I’ve spent my life in between big cities and small towns, which means this particular feeling is important to me. It’s also something I’ve tried to capture in my debut, Miracles and Menorahs. The relationship between the small town of Hollowville and both Manhattan and Brooklyn exist the way I see them from my Westchester suburb. Like Sarah, Isaac, their friends and family members, I go back and forth, finding the beauty in both city and small town suburban life.
I hope that you find the space you enjoy, whether it’s the small town, the big city or the space in between them both.
Happy reading,
Stacey