Blog tour: On The Up by Alice O'Keeffe
Welcome to the blog tour for On The Up by Alice O’Keeffe , published on November 14 th by Coronet and bound to be one of my favourite books this month! Today I am extremely pleased to be able to share with you a Q&A with the author: Hi Alice! First of all, I would like to congratulate you on the publication of On The Up ! Can you please briefly tell us what it is about? A: On The Up is about a young mum, Sylvia, who has not quite achieved the vision that she always had of family life. She and her husband Obe are living with their two children on a council estate, and she dreams of a terraced house on a leafy street. But when the estate is earmarked for redevelopment, Sylvia is forced to reconsider her priorities. The book is about family, relationships, and community, and figuring out what is worth fighting for. Did you have the plot entirely figured out when you started writing the book or did it take an unexpected turn as the characters grew on the page? A: I had...