In this week’s episode of The Bookshop at the End of the Internet, author Heather Dixon discusses her two new releases, her debut novel Burlington, which released in August, and Last Summer at the Lake House, which released in October. Both of these books are stand-alone novels. Burlington is a unique twist on the domestic suspense genre. In this book, a mother of two moves to a new neighborhood and quickly gets caught up in the drama of the other mothers. However, the schoolyard politics soon take a dark turn when one of the moms goes missing. In contrast, Last Summer at the Lake House is work of women’s fiction. The story features three sisters who are called back to the family lake house after their father’s death only to learn that he was hiding a dark secret from them all. The setting for this story is near and dear to Heather’s heart, because it’s based on the lake house her family visits every summer. In this episode, I’ll chat with Heather about her writing journey, why she says character comes first in her stories, and what makes her books similar, despite being in different genres--mainly, the themes of motherhood, belonging and identity.
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