![]() In Cape May, which is set in the 1950s, Henry and Effie are living in a time that modern readers often think of as idyllic, even innocent - and yet you reveal that this is overly simplistic. In The Forgotten Hours, my main character wrestles with her feelings about a past she remembers as pure and simple, when it clearly wasn’t. KATRIN SCHUMANN: Cape May captures this lovely sense of a past era, whereas my story is contemporary - yet we both seem to be interested in conveying the essence of lost moments of youth that are precious and fleeting. Here, the authors discuss their preoccupations and goals. Yet both books wrestle with similar themes that push their plots in surprising directions. ![]() ![]() ![]() In contrast, Schumann’s The Forgotten Hours (Lake Union, 2019) is a ripped-from-the-headlines story about a family devastated by “he said/she said” accusations. ![]() Cheek’s Cape May (Celadon Books, forthcoming April 30, 2019), has been called “glamorous and nostalgic,” and centers on a naïve young couple from Georgia who, while on their honeymoon in Cape May, New Jersey, are corrupted by sophisticated urbanites. Katrin Schumann and Chip Cheek’s new novels may appear to be wildly dissimilar. Billed Into Silence: Money and the Miseducation of Women. ![]()
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