Lidija Hilje is a Croatian novelist and certified book coach. Her writing has appeared in The New York Times and other outlets. After ten years of trying cases before Croatian courts, she obtained a book coaching certification and has been working professionally with writers ever since. She lives in Zadar, Croatia, with her husband and two daughters.
Slanting Towards the Sea is her first novel.
At Electric Lit Hilje tagged seven of her "favorite love triangles in literary fiction." One title on the list:
Leaving by Roxana RobinsonRead about another novel on the list.
Sarah and Warren fall passionately in love during college, but the relationship ends over a misunderstanding. Now in their sixties, a chancemeeting at an opera house brings them back together, and the passion reignites instantly. While Sarah is divorced and ostensibly free to start a relationship, she hesitates to reclaim a chance at love after being devoted solely to her children for so long. Warren, on the other hand, has no such reservations. But when he tries to leave his apathetic, dull marriage, his adult daughter steps up to defend her mother. Ultimately, Leaving asks whether there ever comes a time when parents’ needs outweigh the duty to their children, and where the line lies between obligations to family, and the right to pursue personal happiness.
The Page 69 Test Leaving.
--Marshal Zeringue
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