One thing Sure, Possibly is a strong novel about old flame, friendships and embracing the uncertainty of an unknowable future, from Sara Barnard, winner of the YA Guide Prize.
Rosie is prepared for her life to start, as a result of nothing says new life like going to college. After years of ready and dealing laborious, she’s lastly on the street that can safe her future.
Besides college seems to be not what she hoped or imagined, and though she’s not precisely sad – actually – she is perhaps somewhat bit anxious that she doesn’t actually like her course a lot. Or her flatmates. Or, actually . . . something? However it’s regular to be homesick (proper?) and every thing could have settled in a month or two, and it’s completely effective that her associates appear a lot happier than she is, and that the docs don’t appear to know what’s mistaken along with her mom.
After which she meets Jade, and every thing begins to look somewhat brighter. Not less than, it does if she’s solely Jade. However is old flame sufficient when every thing else is falling aside?
That is the third outing with Rosie and her finest associates Caddy and Suze. I assumed Stunning Damaged Issues was nice, all these years in the past earlier than I put pictures in tweets…
…adored Fierce Fragile Hearts…
…and One thing Sure, Possibly was no disappointment…
…so I’m more than happy to be sharing a Q&A with Sara Barnard as a part of her weblog tour right now, A-Stage outcomes day!
- Rosie’s voice is so genuine, as are all of your characters, do you listen in on numerous youngsters?
Thanks! I don’t normally listen in on actual youngsters, no! The voices of my characters at all times simply come by way of very clearly to me. My largest piece of recommendation for writers writing teenage voices is to not actively attempt to make them sound like youngsters. Simply belief their pure voice.
- Whenever you wrote ‘Fierce Fragile Issues’ had been you already planning ‘One thing Sure, Possibly’?
In no way! I want I had been, as a result of it will have made One thing Sure, Possibly a lot simpler to put in writing! Probably the most tough components of penning this e book was ensuring it fitted alongside FFH. There are plenty of issues I’d most likely have executed in a different way with FFH if I’d recognized there’d be one other e book set over the identical interval. So possibly it’s factor I didn’t know, as a result of I really like FFH quite a bit!
- Which of the three ladies got here to you first, and who was the toughest to put in writing?
Suzanne, and she or he got here alongside rather a lot sooner than Caddy or Rosie. I wouldn’t say any certainly one of them is especially laborious for me to put in writing, as a result of I may write all of all of them day lengthy and be very joyful! But when I needed to decide one out of the three, it will most likely be Rosie, for causes which can be extra to do along with her e book being the third one than her as a personality.
- What sort of response have you ever had from teen readers?
Readers tend to reply to the friendship between the three ladies, although I get essentially the most messages about Suzanne! With One thing Sure, Possibly particularly, I’ve been struck by how many individuals of their 20s and older who have gotten in contact to say how a lot the story of a disappointing college expertise resonated with them, and the way they wished they’d had the e book once they had been at college. I had hoped to place one thing on the web page that doesn’t actually get talked abou, so it means quite a bit that it has resonated with individuals on this method.
- What sort of reader engagement occasion, in faculties or libraries or elsewhere, do you get pleasure from most?
YALC is at all times my favorite, however typically literary festivals are at all times a pleasure. There’s one thing about all these individuals selecting to be there out of a shared love of books. They’re such engaged audiences and there are normally some nice questions.
- Have you ever completed writing about Caddy, Suze, & Rosie or do you suppose you can be tempted to put in writing about them of their 20s?
I’d love to put in writing them of their 20s! I’ve written bits and items of them somewhat older. However I can’t think about it will ever be one thing that may have a life exterior of my laptop computer, sadly!
- What are you studying and who would you suggest it to?
I’m very late to the social gathering, however I’m presently studying Life After Life. It’s simply as sensible as everybody at all times mentioned it was. I’d suggest it to everybody who likes studying.
- What are you engaged on in the intervening time?
I’m modifying my subsequent YA e book, The place the Gentle Goes, which shall be out subsequent yr!
