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KACHINA Quality Dry Cleaning 602-955-5540 3926 E. Indian School Road Arcadia Family Owned & Operated Since 1959 Home & Office Pickup & Delivery Available Page 45 January 2016 By Amanda Goossen “What do you want to be when you grow up?” It’s the kind of question children hear throughout their childhood. “A doctor,” one might say. “A lawyer, or maybe a basketball player,” a 10-year-old boy might tell his teacher. If you ask me, my ideal career path is that of author Elisabeth Egan. She might even be my career hero. Elisabeth Egan is the books editor at Glamour. Her essays and book reviews have appeared in Self , Glamour , O , People , Publishers Weekly , Kirkus , Huffington Post , The New York Times Book Review , Los Angeles Times Book Review , The Washington Post , Chicago Sun-Times , and the Newark Star-Ledger . After years of writing and reading for the best publications around, Elisabeth Egan decided to write her own novel. And not just any novel, but a completely relatable novel about a married mother of two, facing the chaos of job changes, family conundrums and somehow still trying to feel satisfied at the end of the day. On January 28 at 6:30 p.m., join the Arcadia News Book Club at the Saguaro Library for an evening of literary entertainment. We will discuss the novel as a group before talking with the author via Skype about her career path, her novel and her life now, as a published author. Recently Egan spoke with Arcadia News in preparation for the upcoming book event. For further conversation, join us on January 28. AN: What does your role as book editor at Glamour magazine look like on a daily basis? EE: Picture one lone woman, surrounded by towering stacks of books and crates of books in envelopes, waiting to be opened. Add lunch with writers, coffee with editors, plus meetings to discuss ideas for upcoming issues, and you’ve got the gist. Aside from the occasionally overwhelming volume of reading material, it’s a dream job! AN: How did you come to the conclusion that you wanted to write your own novel? EE: I’ve always wondered what it would be like to tell a story of my own, and suddenly I was about to turn 40 and decided the time had come to give it a whirl. Turns out, “give it a whirl” is not an apt description for the soul-searching, self-doubt, gumption and stick-to-itiveness that goes along with writing a novel, but I’m glad I stuck with the program. The payoff is well worth the struggle! AN: A Window Opens covers the recent changes in publishing with technology, social media and e-readers. Have these forms of technology changed your role at Glamour? EE: Yes, in the happiest of ways. I’m no longer limited to finding space for books within the print magazine – I can cover them on Glamour.com, or in our tablet edition, where we run three sizeable excerpts every month (both fiction and nonfiction). I’m also thrilled to be in touch with fellow readers via social media. Some of them have become real live friends in the actual world! AN: When Alice’s friend Susanna discovers that her friend will be involved in the future of books, she is unhappy. How do you feel about the past and the future of books? Do you feel there is room for both? EE: I’m hopelessly sentimental and nostalgic – often to my own detriment – so of course I think there’s room for the past, especially the beloved yellowing paperbacks that made me fall in love with reading in the first place. (I’m a zealot about banishing unloved stuffed animals from our playroom but the books my kids have outgrown will always have a home on our shelves.) As for the future of books: I think how we read will continue to change, but our reasons why we do it will remain the same: to escape, to connect and even, occasionally, to learn. AN: The characters in A Window Opens are faced with quite a few moments when they have to make choices or adjustments in their life. Were you always sure of the choices your characters would make? EE: Not at all. This was part of the fun of writing the book. I started with a sense of where the characters would end up, but the road they took to get there had some unexpected turns. Sometimes they made choices I didn’t necessarily like or approve of. For instance, when Alice is with her dad in the hospital, I wanted to yank the phone out of her hand and tell her to pay attention to what was happening right there in front of her. AN: This novel stood out to me because the plot and characters are relatable. Are the people or instances based on any fact? EE: Thank you for saying so – I’m glad it was relatable! Yes, the story is loosely based on my own life. I’d like to think I’m a little more careful and patient than Alice but my family might disagree! AN: What was the biggest surprise to you about writing your first novel? EE: This is easy: the feeling of holding a finished copy for the first time. I had no idea how great this would feel, even after daydreaming about it for basically my entire life. I also had no idea how many old friends and far-flung relatives would surprise me at readings and be so unbelievably supportive, I could cry just thinking about them. AN: Top three favorite books of all time? EE: Here’s my list for today. Check back tomorrow, it might change: Anne of Green Gables by L.M. Montgomery Who Will Run the Frog Hospital by Lorrie Moore Dubliners by James Joyce AN: What is one book everyone should read? EE: This is an impossible question! I’m going to go with A Room of One’s Own by Virginia Woolf. It’s one of those books that makes you feel like you just got a new pair of glasses after not realizing you needed a stronger prescription. Debut novel comes from Glamour magazine book editor BOOK CLUB BOOK OF THE MONTH A Window Opens BY ELISABETH EGAN January 28 - 6:30 p.m. at Saguaro Library