Hello All,
Hope you enjoyed the interview of Suzanne Anderson the author of Mrs. Tuesday's Departure. Here is a guest post by her about her book.
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If you could change
your current story in any one way, what would you do and why?
By Suzanne Anderson
MRS. TUESDAY’S
DEPARTURE, my first novel, is set during the tragic, turbulent years
of World War Two. Worse still, it’s set in Budapest, Hungary, one
of the countries directly affected by Nazi Occupation and the
Holocaust. For that reason, it was difficult to write a traditional
happy ending that is so satisfying to most readers, myself included.
How many times have I
finished a book and felt disappointed that the loose story ends
weren’t neatly tied up? How could any author allow their main
character to suffer and not receive the happiness she so clearly
earned through her many trials? As an avid reader, one who seeks out
happy endings, rather than the tragic Oprah-style dark novel, I
understood completely when readers of MRS. TUESDAY, gave mixed
reviews to the story’s ending.
Since the book is
self-published, it would be completely within my powers to change the
ending. I’ve even considered it! How nice it would be to kill off
certain characters or perhaps provided a convenient escape hatch that
would have allowed the good guys to live happily ever after and the
bad guys to meet their just reward post haste. For good measure, I
could have thrown in a romance so we might even enjoy a wedding.
I’ve even composed
the changes in my mind. In part because one of the more consistent
comments I’ve received about MRS. TUESDAY, is that readers felt the
book was too short. They wanted to see the story go on, the
characters to live the story more fully. And if there were anything I
would change, lengthening the story would be the greatest temptation.
But the ending?
As I did my research
for the novel and read about those war-ravaged years, I found that
difficult decisions were made every day, and while they demonstrated
great love and loyalty, they didn’t always save the hero.
Sometimes, terrible sacrifices were made in the name of love. And
sometimes those sacrifices led to unhappy endings. What about the
argument that since this is fiction, I had the choice to create the
ending I wanted, even a happy ending? True. Though as the author, I
also had to create the ending that came about as my characters moved
through the story. And which answered the questions that first
inspired the story.
Which is not to say
that I dislike the ending of MRS. TUESDAY. Ultimately, I believe the
ending is very satisfying because it provides a message of hope. And
most importantly, it conveys the message of God’s love and the
ultimate sacrifice that He made through his Son, Jesus Christ. I hope
readers will come away from the novel receiving that message and
understanding that even when we go through difficult times, God is
always with us.
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Wishing Suzanne Anderson All Success
Abhishek Boinapalli
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