You are part of something truly amazing. Written by Nobel Peace Prize Winner
Archbishop Desmond Tutu Illustrated by New York Times bestselling author of On the Night You Were Born
Nancy Tillman
This retelling of the creation story combines lyrical text along with remarkable illustrations to bring the story to life for readers young and old. Watch the video trailer!
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stories into the world. “I felt some pressure after The Secret Life of Bees to produce something beyond myself. But I’d do it again, believe me! It’s been a wonderful and wondrous experience, but it’s not a pure experience. It has its nuances.” Kidd isn’t the only writer in her family. Her daughter, Ann Kidd Taylor, also caught the writing bug. “I sort of knew when she was young that she was a writer—she had all the little signs,” Kidd says with a hint of pride in her voice. “She reminded me of myself. She’d graduated from college, and I was turning 50. She was really searching for what she was going to do with her life, and the truth was, I was, too. I was trying to find the courage to write fiction. I told her later, ‘I knew you were a writer! But I didn’t want to step in there and influence that.’ She had to come to that herself.” During their search, mother and daughter traveled together to ancient sites in Greece and France. They chronicled their explorations in Traveling with Pomegranates: A Mother-Daughter Story (2009), which Kidd counts as one of her favorite writing experiences. After becoming empty nesters, Kidd and her husband moved from Charleston to the Florida coast, downsizing from two homes to one. “You get to a certain place in life and want to simplify,” she says. “We finally took Thoreau’s advice and simplified.” Judging by the breathtaking photos she regularly Tweets of the ocean view from her home, it’s a wonder she ever gets any work done. “It’s kind of muse-like; it’s beautiful,” she says. “Beauty is good for the soul. I open the study door, and the rhythm of the waves in the room is soothing. But I get so immersed that I disappear in my work.” A self-proclaimed introvert, Kidd is preparing to emerge from her cocoon to promote The Invention of Wings. A planned two-month tour will include stops at libraries and bookstores in 19 states., with a Canadian tour also on the horizon. “I love my solitude, and I love my anonymity,” she says. “But it’s great meeting my readers. I need that. I retreated into the world of the 19th century for four years. I told my friend I felt like I was living in a cave in Afghanistan! I’m eager to start a conversation with the reader.”
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