by Carlos Greaves
With all the debate surrounding my new novel, Memoirs of a Middle-Aged White Lady, i needed to set aside a second to create the record right about my motives with this specific guide, also to show my complete surprise and frustration at its bad reception.
Once I attempted to compose this novel, which happens in Iowa and centers around 46-year-old Meradyth Spensir along with her 8-year-old son Chab, my goal would be to shed light from the battles that white middle-aged feamales in America face — struggles that we, a 28-year-old Latino guy, don’t know much about but we would imagine are pretty tough. And also as far as I’m stressed, I freaking nailed it.
For beginners, my publisher, whom additionally is actually Latino, positively enjoyed it, along side everybody else i’ve delivered copies associated with the written guide to. Ricky Martin called it “a literary triumph.” Antonio Banderas composed, “Carlos writes about being white and middle-aged and a female the real means no body else in the usa can.” And David Ortiz stated, “This novel is indeed completely authentic. Continue reading