Walk in. Get Treated. Feel Better. Proud sponsor of Arcadia High School 1-877-617-4186 NextCare.com N . A r c a dia Dr. Indian School N. 44th St. 48th St. Arcadia H.S. Safeway Phoenix • 85018 4730 E Indian School Rd. Open 7 Days A Week Mon-Fri: 8am-8pm Sat-Sun: 9am-5pm Page 36 June 2016 vintage view of love, marriage and life. How did you come to write a novel that looks at this difference in generational views? SG: I wanted the novel to explore the ways different people look for satisfaction in life – how they handle their various appetites. So I wanted to offer the reader a wide range to consider: young versus old, male versus female, East versus West, science versus faith. I’m the boomer mom of a millennial son, and I’ve read up on the differences between the generations. AN: Paul and Maggie Adler were once very much in love. Was it important to you to have them grow so far apart? Why? SG: People are often attracted to their opposite personality type, and as the years pass, the very characteristics that attracted them become the things that annoy them. Some distance was bound to develop between Paul and Maggie – she being so BOOK CLUB BOOK OF THE MONTH Appetite BY SHEILA GRINELL Arcadia News Book Club June 30, 6:30 p.m., Saguaro Library By Amanda Goossen In her debut novel, Appetite , debut novelist Sheila Grinell develops a story of maternal love, marital fatigue and how the generational gap between parents and children can put a strain on the entire family. When Jenn Adler returns from a yearlong trip to India, her mother is overcome with excitement, ready to hear everything her daughter has experienced and – more importantly – to have her only child back under her roof. Maggie, however, isn’t prepared for the life her daughter has returned with, complete with a New Age fiancé and a fresh perspective on the world. At the same time, Maggie’s relationship with her husband is falling apart; with the two sharing little time together and having almost zero connection, Maggie must examine her mere existence as well as the path that led her to her current instability. The Arcadia News Book Club will meet on June 30 at 6:30 p.m. at the Saguaro Library and Grinelle will join us for an interview, reading and Q&A session from the audience. For more information or to RSVP to the event, email amanda@ arcadianews.com. In a recent interview, Arcadia News was given the chance to ask Grinell a few questions about her novel and her love for the written word. AN: In your debut novel, readers are presented with both modern day and a more abstemious and he so greedy – given the stresses of contemporary living. I wanted the reader to watch their paths diverge. AN: When Jenn arrives home, Maggie is excited to spend time with her only daughter. Their relationship, however, doesn’t quite fall into place as she had hoped. Was Jenn’s relationship with Arun (her fiancé) the only reason? Do you think they would have grown apart anyway? SG: Over the years, Maggie willingly made sacrifices for Jenn, her focus in life. Although she knows that as Jenn transitions into full womanhood, she’ll drift away from her mom, Maggie still needs to feel close to her girl. Arun’s foreignness – he’s foreign in so many ways – terrifies Maggie because everything about him spells “distance.” She fears Jenn’s youthful idealism is steering her wrong. AN: This is your first novel, yet you’ve written a nonfiction book as well as a children’s book. Did you always want to write adult fiction? SG: No. I spent 40 years creating hands- on science museums and wrote my first book for people working in them. Forty years is a long time, and eventually I felt I was “done.” Then life sent me a catalyst: my mother had a stroke. She lost words, then sense of herself, and I felt compelled to write her story. Then I realized I wanted to write more. With help from a community college, I took up my new vocation: writing adult fiction. (The children’s book was a one-time venture – a baby-shower present for my daughter-in-law.) AN: What are your three favorite books of all time? SG: My all-time favorite novel is Wallace Stegner’s Angle of Repose . It’s set 100 years ago in the developing West and tells two complex, nuanced love stories. My all-time favorite book of criticism is John Berger’s Ways of Seeing (based on a BBC television series.) It’s about looking at art with fresh eyes, and it made perfect sense for my work at the time, creating a new-style science museum. My all-time favorite work of journalism is Robert Caro’s The Power Broker , a biography of Robert Moses, former New York City Parks Commissioner. Read the book and you begin to understand how the City got to be what it is. Caro is a master stylist. Local author explores generational gap in her debut novel

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