All the Ugly and Wonderful Things by Bryn Greenwood

Question: Where did you get your inspiration?Īnswer: She was driving home from a meeting when she noticed a man riding a motorcycle on a small dirt road in the middle of a field (corn maybe? I don’t remember ). It took 3 years for revisions, refining the voices of her narrators and dialogue. Question: How long did it take you to write this book?Īnswer: The first draft had 200,000 words and took only 6 months! She started writing it in 2009. For most people, that would be fine, but I mistype frequently, and autocorrect hates me gets confused! So the following are questions posed to her from the audience and with the exception of one quote, the rest is paraphrased. Which was very frustrating because when I ran out of space to write, I had to switch to the “Notes” app on my phone. I can’t say I came prepared for this event with anything to write on other than ONE SIDE of a 3X5 index card that happened to be in my purse.

So when I discovered (3 hours before the signing) that she was going to be in my hometown at Rainy Day Books, I knew I wanted to take the 40-minute journey to meet her and hear about this book that captured so many people’s attention. But many of my friends had and raved about it. Admittedly, I had not read the book, yet. She was discussing her latest book, ‘All The Ugly and Wonderful Things’. Wednesday, August 10, at 6:30 pm I had the honor of meeting and talking with Bryn Greenwood. A powerful novel you won’t soon forget, Bryn Greenwood's All the Ugly and Wonderful Things challenges all we know and believe about love. When tragedy rips Wavy's family apart, a well-meaning aunt steps in, and what is beautiful to Wavy looks ugly under the scrutiny of the outside world. After witnessing his motorcycle wreck, she forms an unusual friendship with one of her father's thugs, Kellen, a tattooed ex-con with a heart of gold.īy the time Wavy is a teenager, her relationship with Kellen is the only tender thing in a brutal world of addicts and debauchery. Obsessed with the constellations, she finds peace in the starry night sky above the fields behind her house, until one night her star gazing causes an accident. Struggling to raise her little brother, Donal, eight-year-old Wavy is the only responsible adult around. It's safer to keep her mouth shut and stay out of sight.

Martin's Presson August 9th, 2016Ī beautiful and provocative love story between two unlikely people and the hard-won relationship that elevates them above the Midwestern meth lab backdrop of their lives.Īs the daughter of a drug dealer, Wavy knows not to trust people, not even her own parents. All The Ugly and Wonderful Things by Bryn Greenwood

All the Ugly and Wonderful Things by Bryn Greenwood