Seven years ago, I published two very different books—a vaguely autobiographical first novel for young adults, Undercover, and Flow: The Life and Times of Philadelphia's Schuylkill River.
Both represented a turning point.
Both remain books that I remember with great fondness. The stories I was given the freedom to tell. The people I met throughout the telling. The lessons I learned about the risks worth taking.
Both books have surprised me deeply in recent weeks; both have been returned to me.
A few days ago, as I wrote here, Flow arrived in warehouses as a brand-new paperback.
Today I learned that Callenbach, the fantastic publishing house that beautifully packaged Small Damages for Dutch readers, will be publishing Undercover as well.
By many, many measures, my writing life is a modest life. That is, perhaps, why news like this touches me as deeply as it does.
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