My first two novels were set in the past, and that freed me up in a lot of ways; it allowed me to find my way into my story and my characters through research.
With domestic adoption, you get a form, you fill it out, and there are these boxes: African-American, African-American and Hispanic, and you check th… - Jennifer Gilmore
With domestic adoption, you get a form, you fill it out, and there are these boxes: African-American, African-American and Hispanic, and you check th…
- Jennifer Gilmore
I will say in open adoption, all these choices you make about race, about the amount of mental illness you can deal with, about special needs and phy… - Jennifer Gilmore
I will say in open adoption, all these choices you make about race, about the amount of mental illness you can deal with, about special needs and phy…
I think publishing's strength is also its weakness. It's got such a rich and celebrated history as an industry. For the most part, publishing people … - Jennifer Gilmore
I think publishing's strength is also its weakness. It's got such a rich and celebrated history as an industry. For the most part, publishing people …
My father is an economist who specialized in foreign food policy, and my mother worked for AID, a branch of the State Department, so food in regards … - Jennifer Gilmore
My father is an economist who specialized in foreign food policy, and my mother worked for AID, a branch of the State Department, so food in regards …
The past always sort of haunts us and perhaps inspires us in some ways. - Jennifer Gilmore
The past always sort of haunts us and perhaps inspires us in some ways.
Idea of the generations continuing is really important. And that's interesting to me. I write about families; I'm interested in families. Even though… - Jennifer Gilmore
Idea of the generations continuing is really important. And that's interesting to me. I write about families; I'm interested in families. Even though…
History releases me from my own experience and jogs my fictional imagination. - Jennifer Gilmore
History releases me from my own experience and jogs my fictional imagination.
I think that when the world feels safe and secure, we probably feel more that way in our personal lives. What goes on in the world affects us, unequi… - Jennifer Gilmore
I think that when the world feels safe and secure, we probably feel more that way in our personal lives. What goes on in the world affects us, unequi…
I wanted a baby of color, to be honest, because I wasn't attached to the idea that I look like the biological mother. I liked the idea of the adoptio… - Jennifer Gilmore
I wanted a baby of color, to be honest, because I wasn't attached to the idea that I look like the biological mother. I liked the idea of the adoptio…
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