Victoria Patterson speaks with Tia Nevitt about This Vacant Paradise: “Was it difficult to sell a novel that took place in the recent past? It’s always difficult to sell a novel! But the time period didn’t seem to be an obstacle. I tried not to think about the commercial prospects of the book while writing …
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Mar 11
JD PR NEWS
Peeking Between the Pages Features Guest Post with Victoria Patterson and Giveaway of This Vacant Paradise: “My writing is concerned with women’s desire for independence, self-expression, and agency—and with the cultural conditions that restrict them. I also write about Newport Beach, California. My family moved to Newport when I was in the 7th grade, and …
Mar 03
JDPR NEWS
Reading in LA review of This Vacant Paradise by Victoria Patterson “So delicate is the facade Patterson’s characters have created, so tenuous, that a slip of any kind, a single hint of sincere, egoless expression, and the whole thing comes crashing down. And sure, they feel more alive when they expose themselves, when they take …