“Bookaccino Live” Book Group: Jodi Picoult and Jennifer Finney Boylan
Jodi Picoult and Jennifer Finney Boylan joined our “Bookaccino Live” Book Group for a brilliant discussion about their novel, MAD HONEY. Jennifer explains that the idea for the book came to her in a dream that she had in 2017. They talk about their characters and who wrote each, as well as how they worked with one portion of the narrative going forward and another going backward. Jodi is a complete outliner, and they discuss how having this structure allowed them to develop the story with each of them writing on their own. This truly was a partnership throughout the entire process of writing, editing and promoting the book. Jodi and Jennifer also point out that they wanted to tell a story about a person who was transgender but frame it against a much bigger narrative and a mystery. Book discussed in this episode: MAD HONEY by Jodi Picoult and Jennifer Finney Boylan: https://www.bookreporter.com/reviews/mad-honey Our Latest “Bookreporter Talks To” Interviews: Sharon Virts: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E3apzsRDXCI William Kent Krueger: https://youtu.be/Msr6r9J_-PY Jean Kwok: https://youtu.be/zi5aAQBvX6g Thrity Umrigar: https://youtu.be/F0btsAxTPQA Ashley Audrain: https://youtu.be/39UpbAbc5no John Sargent: https://youtu.be/Wm93hbgRs-A Our Latest “Bookaccino Live” Book Group Events: Alice Elliott Dark: https://youtu.be/4fgncFSfeM0 Laura Dave: https://youtu.be/fD82fbLJ1Pg Kristin Hannah: https://youtu.be/p4dVHdVZC3I Allison Pataki: https://youtu.be/7HmJlMd0V1A Fiona Davis: https://youtu.be/DT-XR5ue_5Q Nita Prose: https://youtu.be/f_Ev0KN8z2M Sign up for newsletters from Bookreporter and Reading Group Guides here: https://tbrnetwork.com/newsletters/ FOLLOW US on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/bookreporter Website: https://www.bookreporter.com Art Credit: Tom Fitzgerald Edited by Jordan Redd Productions