Also, I am the least tech savvy person on the planet. It has taken me 1 1/2 hours to try to format this %*&* thing. (* Note: Sorry for the formatting issues. I sat down with Jo to talk about her new novel, her writing process, censorship, and compulsive hair touching. Think of it like the claw game in Toy Story. Winners will be selected by random number generator. ” Word, Kirkus Reviews, word. You can also enter to win a free copy of SEE YOU AT HARRY’S simply by leaving a comment in the comments section. In a starred review, Kirkus Reviews called it, “pitch-perfect…Prescient writing, fully developed characters and completely, tragically believable situations elevate this sad, gripping tale to a must-read level. Jo’s new book, SEE YOU AT HARRY’S, comes out today. In case you can’t tell, I’m a big fan of hers, and not just because she makes a mean chocolate chip scone. She’s also been writing beautiful, quietly powerful books, which are testaments to humanity in all its flawed, impossible, hopeful glory. In her career, Jo has faced down book banners and fought for intellectual freedom. (She’d get that hat back without ever throwing a punch.) Then later, she’d bust out a poem in English class that had everybody going, “Whoa.” If life were a teen movie, Jo Knowles would be the kind, smart, somewhat shy girl in the back row who offers the new kid half of her sandwich at lunch, then stands up to the bullies who try to take his hat.
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