From my Q&A with Brianna Wolfson, author of That Summer in Maine:
How much work does your title do to take readers into the story?Visit Brianna Wolfson's website.
The title, That Summer in Maine, sets the stage for where the majority our story will take place, and suggests that Maine is a destination, not a home. The characters that occupy the stage, and the drama that will unfold, is left more to the imagination.
What's in a name?
The character that the plot revolves around is Eve. She is, almost above all else, naive and her naivete that leads to the inciting incident of the story. I think you can see where we are going here! This is definitely a reference to Eve, the first woman, who succumbs to the temptation to eat the forbidden fruit from the tree of knowledge of good and evil. In That Summer in Maine, Eve similarly succumbs to the temptation of knowledge; in her case, to...[read on]
Q&A with Brianna Wolfson.
--Marshal Zeringue
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