{"id":59092,"date":"2023-05-16T13:07:59","date_gmt":"2023-05-16T17:07:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thelaurelofasheville.com\/updatestage\/?p=59092"},"modified":"2023-05-16T13:09:00","modified_gmt":"2023-05-16T17:09:00","slug":"book-feature-esme-cahill-fails-spectacularly","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thelaurelofasheville.com\/updatestage\/arts\/book-feature-esme-cahill-fails-spectacularly\/","title":{"rendered":"Book Feature: <em>Esme Cahill Fails Spectacularly<\/em>"},"content":{"rendered":"<h4><em>Marie Bostwick, Author<\/em><\/h4>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-59094\" src=\"https:\/\/thelaurelofasheville.com\/updatestage\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Book-Feature-2-Esme-Cahill-none-needed-copy.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"250\" height=\"376\" \/>Best-selling author of historical and contemporary fiction Marie Bostwick has set her latest novel, <em>Esme Fails Spectacularly,<\/em> in Asheville. Though she has never lived in the area, Bostwick has friends from Asheville and visited to research the locale. \u201cMy main character, Esme Cahill, is fighting against feelings of failure and struggling to carve out a life for herself in the arts,\u201d says Bostwick. \u201cThe only way to push through that is in the company of other creative people, so Asheville\u2019s reputation as a haven for artists, coupled with the natural beauty of the area, made it a perfect fit for the story I wanted to tell.\u201d Several actual area businesses appear in the book.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere is such a lot going on in this book,\u201d she says. \u201cIt\u2019s got a contemporary story with a relatable heroine, a historical \u2018story-within-the-story\u2019 set in the 1940s, themes of creativity, forgiveness, found family and even a touch of magical realism. It also has an ending that, while not tied up with a great big bow, leaves the characters in a place of hope.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Esme Cahill Fails Spectacularly<em>, May, 2023, fiction, paperback, $18.99, by Marie Bostwick, and published by William Morrow, NY. Bostwick will be at Lake Lure Inn on Wednesday, May 31. Call 828.287.6392 or visit Friends of the Mountain Branch Library to make a reservation. On Thursday, June 1, she will be at the Henderson County Public Library at 5 p.m. This event is free and open to the public.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Best-selling author of historical and contemporary fiction Marie Bostwick has set her latest novel, Esme Fails Spectacularly, in Asheville. 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