We are so happy to have author Deb Marlowe visiting with us today. Deb's latest release, Her Cinderella Season, is a wonderful Regency novel about how two people can change each other's lives. Please give Deb Marlowe a warm welcome as she talks about . . .
My preference started young, too. I loved Jo best of all the Little Women. Something about her struggle to be good when it seemed to
come so easily for everyone else always touched me. I adored Frances Hodgson Burnett’s A Little Princess. She was so gracious and wise, both when she was an outsider elevated above the rest of Miss Minchin’s pupils and when she was an outcast beneath their notice. Even among Christmas specials my favorites were Rudolph, Hermey and the gang on the Island of Misfit Toys.
I kept that special place in my heart for outcasts, even as I grew older. I’m a sucker for stories about those who don’t fit societal norms, but still manage to find themselves and each other. Hugh Grant’s movie About a Boy resonated deeply with me, even as it made me uncomfortable. I felt the same way about Disney’s Lilo and Stitch—both of those left me feeling happy and hopeful that these misfits had bonded together to form a friend/family unit different from others, but loving nonetheless.
The heroine in my latest release, Her Cinderella Season, is a nod to my love of outsiders. Lily Beecham was born a gentleman’s daughter, but has been raised in an Evangelical household since the death of her father. She finds that she doesn’t really belong in either place. I loved the journey she went on as she discovered just who she is, why she was deserving of love and found a way to blend her two worlds.
So tell me, do you have a soft spot for outcasts? Who is your favorite misfit? Did you love Jo best? Share your faves and I’ll send a copy of the UK edition of Her Cinderella Season to a randomly selected commenter!
Outsiders, Outcasts and Misfits, Oh My!
I admit that I have a huge soft spot for outsiders in fiction. I mean, who hasn’t felt like an outsider at least once in their life?
I admit that I have a huge soft spot for outsiders in fiction. I mean, who hasn’t felt like an outsider at least once in their life?
My preference started young, too. I loved Jo best of all the Little Women. Something about her struggle to be good when it seemed to
come so easily for everyone else always touched me. I adored Frances Hodgson Burnett’s A Little Princess. She was so gracious and wise, both when she was an outsider elevated above the rest of Miss Minchin’s pupils and when she was an outcast beneath their notice. Even among Christmas specials my favorites were Rudolph, Hermey and the gang on the Island of Misfit Toys.
I kept that special place in my heart for outcasts, even as I grew older. I’m a sucker for stories about those who don’t fit societal norms, but still manage to find themselves and each other. Hugh Grant’s movie About a Boy resonated deeply with me, even as it made me uncomfortable. I felt the same way about Disney’s Lilo and Stitch—both of those left me feeling happy and hopeful that these misfits had bonded together to form a friend/family unit different from others, but loving nonetheless.
The heroine in my latest release, Her Cinderella Season, is a nod to my love of outsiders. Lily Beecham was born a gentleman’s daughter, but has been raised in an Evangelical household since the death of her father. She finds that she doesn’t really belong in either place. I loved the journey she went on as she discovered just who she is, why she was deserving of love and found a way to blend her two worlds.So tell me, do you have a soft spot for outcasts? Who is your favorite misfit? Did you love Jo best? Share your faves and I’ll send a copy of the UK edition of Her Cinderella Season to a randomly selected commenter!
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