Anita Shreve is an author I adore. I rip through her meaty books and get off on the robust romance immensely - especially if I am feeling less than robust in my real life.

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• Isabel Gillies:

  When I think of the moment I knew that my marriage to Josiah would end, there were a few moments be

• Isabel Gillies:

  I love teenagers. I loved being a teenager.

• Isabel Gillies:

  Growing up, I'll always remember knowing from movies and TV that there was a possibility that you w

• Isabel Gillies:

  There are a lot of great love stories. It's just the best thing. Why wouldn't you write about it? W

• Isabel Gillies:

  There has never been a shrimp that I've eaten that I haven't been like, 'I am so lucky that I get t

• Isabel Gillies:

  Life is funny, at the same time being totally harsh.

• Isabel Gillies:

  I've always been the person at the table who is like, 'I have this weird rash. Anybody else have th

• Isabel Gillies:

  I didn't think anything I wrote was going to get published. I'm a dyslexic kid who had tutors throu

• Isabel Gillies:

  I dropped off my kids from 10 to 2, went to the library, and just wrote. This is my second career -

• Isabel Gillies:

  You see, I am friends with a lobsterman. Because we are friends, which feels lucky anyway, I get ac