![]() ![]() "That means we can kill 'gran lit'!"įor those who read Thursdays in the Park - and I'm here to tell you that you must - there's more to come: Boyd has published two further novels in England already, and is working on her fourth. Its title? A Most Desirable Marriage. ![]() I tell Boyd it sounds like she's writing "conjugal lit." I'm fascinated by how we survive marriage." Of course, you're never as independent as you think you are, either. I mentioned this debut novel by Hilary Boyd on November 15, under the label of ‘Gran-lit’ (an unfortunate label, not coined by me). "But everyone's connected, and you're never as alone as you think you are. Posts about Thursdays in the Park written by sufferingandthearts. I think a lot of people in midlife start to wonder about their relationships: 'Could I be happier on my own? Should I be doing something else? Who is this person I'm married to, really?' "That's really what interests me - the gamut of emotions and actions that a family runs. "The whole family's involved," says Boyd. ![]() Its pages overflow with more than "mere" grandparents, including toddlers and 20-somethings. "I often wonder what people who publish when they're young find to write about, whereas I've had a life, and jobs, and relationships I've had experiences to plumb, rather than sitting in an ivory tower."Ī surprise best-seller in the U.K., where it sold more than 500,000 e-copies, Thursdays in the Park is set to be released in the U.S. "I'd been writing all along, but receiving loads of rejections," she told me. On the other hand, Boyd is proud of her age - 60 - and the circuitous but ultimately triumphant road she took to publication. Novelist Hilary Boyd, courtesy of WOMANHOME Magazine by Liz McAulay ![]()
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