Not only does Kaira Rouda write women's fiction (including Here, Home, Hope and In the Mirror), but she also has a romance series called "Laguna Beach." She is a national bestselling author whose books have won the Indie Excellence Award, USA Book Awards, the Reader’s Choice Awards and honorable mention in the Writer’s Digest International Book Awards. The novels have been widely reviewed and featured in leading national magazines. Kaira's husband and four amazing almost grown children are her biggest blessings and her friends fill her life with joy. Visit Kaira at her website, Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram.
As part of Regression Month, Kaira is here today to talk about the lead character from The Goodbye Year, by taking us back to her childhood days. She has three print copies (US only) and three e-books (worldwide) to give away.
In the meantime, here's a free e-book, in honor of Mother's Day.
Melanie, a perfectionist mom who views the approaching end of parenting as a type of death, can’t believe she has only one more year to live vicariously through her slacker senior son, Dane. Gorgeous mom Sarah has just begun to realize that her only daughter, Ashley, has been serving as a stand-in for her traveling husband, and the thought of her daughter leaving for college is cracking the carefully cultivated façade of her life. Will and his wife are fine—as long as he follows the instructions on the family calendar and is sure to keep secret his whole other life with Lauren, the woman he turns to for fun (and who also happens to have a daughter in the senior class).
Told from the points of view of both the parents and the kids, The Goodbye Year explores high school peer pressure, what it’s like for young people to face the unknown of life after high school, and how a transition that should be the beginning of a couple’s second act together—empty nesting—might possibly be the end. (Courtesy of Kaira's website.)
As a child...
What did your character want to be when they grew up?
Melanie always wanted to be a mom. She wanted to marry the man of her dreams and build a family. She wanted to do all of this in the Midwest, where she was born and raised. Everything doesn’t always work out as planned.
What was something your character found funny?
Hula hooping. She was a master. And also the way Samantha always won on Bewitched.
What was your character's favorite TV show?
The Partridge Family and The Brady Bunch. (It’s hard for her to choose!)
What was your character's favorite food?
French fries and popcorn shrimp from Howard Johnson’s on family road trips.
Who was your character's celebrity crush?
David Cassidy and the Bay City Rollers. Swoon.
What was your character's favorite thing to do?
She liked to read. Hang out with her friends and go to the swimming pool in the summer wearing her pink and white dotted bikini.
Thanks to Kaira for visiting with us and sharing her book with our readers. The Goodbye Year is part of BookSparks' "It's Raining Books" tour.
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18 comments:
My favorite when I was a kid was ice cream
When I was a kid, my favorite food was spaghetti.
I loved pizza and still do! :)
Spaghetti... All day, everyday!! It was my favorite.
I loved Challah with butter.
I loved french fries and still do.
My tastes are the same as when I was a kid. Spaghetti then and same now. =]
I haven't had this in a long time, but I really loved the fried abalone my mother prepared when we were children.
Chicken nuggets, and mushroom pizza.
I really enjoyed The Goodbye Year. After reading this book, I appreciated the different views presented by parents and children about The Goodbye Year.
Grilled cheese and tomato soup or peanut butter & jelly sandwiches.
I grew up in a Finnish household. My mom made delicious Finnish meatballs. I loved them.
Wimpy burgers! (sloppy joes)
My favorite food when I was a kid was definitely McDonalds and a close second was pizza.
Has to be watermelon. My grandfather grew them on the farm. I could eat as much as I wanted - and I did.
Hamburgers and fries.
My favorite food when I was a kid was navel oranges. I couldnt get enough of them. I could eat an entire bag of oranges in a day.
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