When I was reading 'The Underground Railroad,' I had to actually hold my hand over the right-hand page so I wouldn't see, by mistake, what was coming up next - it was so suspenseful. it's really masterful. Jenna Blum More Quotes by Jenna Blum More Quotes From Jenna Blum Nothing is ever quite right, is it, after a parent dies? No matter how well things go, something always feels slightly off. Jenna Blum wells parent matter How could she tell him that we come to love those who save us? Jenna Blum Heimat. The word mean home in German, the place where one was born. But the term also conveys a subtler nuance, a certain tenderness. One's Heimat is not merely a matter of geography; it is where one's heart lies. Jenna Blum home heart lying Life is so often unfair and painful and love is hard to find and you have to take it whenever and wherever you can get it, no matter how brief it is or how it ends. Jenna Blum and-love matter love-is We are all ashamed in one way or another. Who among us is not stained by the past? Jenna Blum ashamed way past She can never tell him what she started to say: that we come to love those who save us. For although Anna does believe this is true, the word that stuck in her throat was not save but shame. Jenna Blum doe life believe I've been fascinated with severe weather since I was four, when I saw a tornado at night in my mom and grandmother's southeast Minnesota hometown while everyone else was asleep - an experience I encoded in 'The Stormchasers.' Jenna Blum experience mom weather night When I lived in Minneapolis in my twenties, and my mom lived there, too, I used to take her 'storm chasing' - by which I mean I'd see a pulsing blob of radar on The Weather Channel and make her drive us toward the storm. Jenna Blum drive storm mom weather 'The Lucky One' features a young concentration camp survivor named Peter Rashkin - who's about the age my dad was when he started at CBS - working at the Oyster Bar, trying to acclimate to his new country and outrun the memories of the daily he left behind. Jenna Blum daily dad age memories I have people in my family with bipolar disorder, and for years I've watched them struggle with the disorder's extreme moods and often devastating consequences. Jenna Blum consequences family struggle people Grub Street Writers is the reason I've stayed in Boston. I started teaching for Grub back in 1997, when founder Eve Bridburg, a Boston University M.A. alumna, as I am, kindly gave me my first job out of grad school. Jenna Blum i-am job me school My dad, Bob Blum, used to dash across Grand Central's main terminal catwalk several times daily as a young CBS correspondent, running copy from newsroom to studio and back - because CBS' first broadcasts were from Grand Central Terminal. The pictures on people's television sets used to shake when the trains came in! Jenna Blum pictures daily dad people My novella, 'The Lucky One,' is inspired in part by my dad and also by a Holocaust survivor I interviewed for the Steven Spielberg Survivors of the Shoah Foundation. Jenna Blum holocaust foundation dad lucky I was married when I was in my early twenties, and my former husband, an absolutely lovely man, didn't get the writing thing. Jenna Blum man lovely husband writing All I'd ever wanted to do in my life was write and publish books, and woe to anyone who stood in my way. Jenna Blum my-life who life way The success of 'Those Who Save Us' had an interesting effect on the writing of 'The Stormchasers.' Jenna Blum us success writing interesting I have a brother I love dearly, although we're not twins! I'm ten years older than he is, so I sometimes feel like his second mother. Jenna Blum feel brother mother love Unlike writing a book, which can take several years, baking is instant gratification. Jenna Blum baking writing book years I was a hostess, a waitress, a cafe manager, and a prep chef. For one job, I had to wear a hat shaped like a head of garlic. Jenna Blum cafe hat job chef I started writing when I was 4. Jenna Blum started writing
