Her entry begins:I read all kinds of stuff, but at the moment I’m reading, very slowly, War and Peace. I belong to a reading group connected with Books on the Nightstand, a fantastic weekly podcast about books and reading. As a group we’re reading War and Peace and supporting each other with a discussion board, pep talks, helpful related info, etc. I was always intimidated by the idea of reading it, but I’m finding the novel fascinating. The Peace part is all parties and social conventions and loveless marriage and politeness and luxurious homes, and the War part is...[read on]Among the early praise for The Revenge of the Radioactive Lady:
“It’s impossible not to love a novel that starts out with a 77-year-old lady planning cold-blooded murder, especially when the old lady in question is as charming and funny as Stuckey-French’s Marylou. As she steadily worms her way into the world and family of her intended victim, this fast-paced and witty book expands to create a big-hearted, hilarious and touching portrait of a community. A lovely book.”Learn more about the book and author at Elizabeth Stuckey-French's website.
–Dan Chaon, author of Await Your Reply
“The Revenge of the Radioactive Lady is an often hilarious, always entertaining novel, but Elizabeth Stuckey-French has achieved much more. With remarkable wisdom and empathy, she has given us a profound meditation on what it means to be a family and the human heart’s complex, sidling path toward forgiveness.”
–Ron Rash, bestselling author of Serena and One Foot in Eden
“If you liked the film “Little Miss Sunshine,” you’ll absolutely LOVE The Revenge of the Radioactive Lady! Not only whacked-out and wonderful, this novel is secretly very damn serious, too, as well as up-to-the-minute contemporary and compelling. Elizabeth Stuckey-French brings her completely original voice and vision to the theme of family—-and revenge. I couldn’t put it down.”
–Lee Smith, bestselling author of The Last Girls and On Agate Hill
“ How wonderful it is to find a writer who perfectly captures the spirit of this crazy age: that bizarre and irreducible mix of high and low culture, of tragedy and comedy. This is no mean literary feat. And Elizabeth Stuckey-French achieves it brilliantly. The Revenge of the Radioactive Lady is not only a wildly entertaining novel, it is an important novel.”
–Robert Olen Butler, Pulitzer Prize winning author of A Good Scent from a Strange Mountain
The Page 69 Test: The Revenge of the Radioactive Lady.
Writers Read: Elizabeth Stuckey-French.
--Marshal Zeringue
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