Karen Swan began her career in fashion journalism before giving it all up to raise her three children and an ADHD puppy, and to pursue her ambition of becoming a writer. She lives in the forest in Sussex, writing her books in a treehouse overlooking the Downs. (Check out her website for a photo of her awesome treehouse!) Her first novel, Players, was published in 2010, followed by Prima Donna and Christmas at Tiffany's in 2011.
Welcome, Karen!
I’ve got a bit of a crazy board going on Pinterest. It
started out as a general pinning of lovely places I’d like to visit with my
husband and children, but it has since - without consciously meaning to -
become a scrapbook of waterfalls and now I’m entertaining fantasies of us
travelling the world and tracking them down. Most, of course, are in tropical
locations in South America or the Caribbean or Indonesia, so this only
heightens my enthusiasm for it all. In my head we’d trek through the jungle
with fabulous lunches packed in our rucksacks and then swim and dive in the
pools below. There’s no possible way we’d ever be able to do it, we have crazy
and conflicting schedules in our household, but it’s a real bucket list wish.
I’ve always
had a fascination with waterfalls, I think prompted by a childhood of reading
Enid Blyton books in which there were always hidden caves and treasure behind
them. There are some really spectacular falls in Scotland, where I spent my
holidays growing up, and I’m always looking for a ledge, just peeking out at
the corners… They represent a wildness and natural beauty that we’re losing in
so many other ways in Nature. One of the best days of my life was spent
swimming in some pink granite rock pools in the Scottish Highlands when I was
fourteen. My brother and sister and I gave names to each of the pools –one was
the diving pool, one was the Jacuzzi, one was the canal because it was so deep
and narrow…I have never in my life swum in such cold water – and I’ve swum in
the Atlantic in May! – but my parents couldn’t keep me out of there; A
waterfall splashing down above us would have made it a slice of heaven.
The reality
of planning such a trip might be a pipe dream, but that Pinterest board isn’t
one I’m going to delete.
What dreams would you pin to your Pinterest board?
What dreams would you pin to your Pinterest board?
In the wake of a heartbreaking betrayal, a young woman
leaves the Scottish countryside to find her destiny in three of the most
exciting cities in the world—New York, Paris, and London—in this funny and
triumphant tale of fulfillment, friendship, and love.
Ten years ago, a young and naïve Cassie married her first serious
boyfriend, believing he would be with her forever. Now, her marriage is in
tatters and Cassie has no career or home of her own. Though she feels betrayed
and confused, Cassie isn’t giving up. She’s going to take control of her life.
But first she has to find out where she belongs . . . and who she wants to be.
Over the course of one year, Cassie leaves her sheltered life in
rural Scotland to stay with her best friends living in the most glamorous
cities in the world: New York, Paris, and London. Exchanging comfort food and
mousy hair for a low-carb diet and a gorgeous new look, Cassie tries each city
on for size as she searches for the life she’s meant to have . . . and the man
she’s meant to love.
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