I was doing laundry yesterday afternoon when my friend and hair color wizard Jamie Latiolais called me. “Guess who’s in People Magazine,” he said. “You. And thank God your hair looks good.” An early April fools joke?
It still doesn’t seem real. The Donald adjusting his tie on the cover. The wonderful review. (Lilac Girls illuminates!)
Seeing it nestled there in The Best New Books between two fascinating-looking non-fiction releases, Peggy Orenstein’s Girls & Sex and John Elder Robison’s Switched On was just so much fun.
My friend Kristi and I jumped up and down in my kitchen as we read the review, then paged through the issue drawn into the glitzy People world. Happy birthday to Pharrell Williams. Taylor Swift’s red hot romance. Cate Blanchett in silver Roger Vivier heels. 96 pages of what’s happening in the world and Hollywood escape.
Everyone at Ballantine went crazy with congratulations and then I had to put down the lovely People world, back to the writer’s life. Back to folding laundry, but feeling just a little more glamorous.
