The People We Keep: An Interview with Allison Larkin

Enjoy this exclusive podcast interview with Allison Larkin discussing her writing process for The People We Keep.

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The People We Keep is a captivating coming-of-age story pulled at every heartstring as you follow one girl’s journey towards finding love in her chosen family.

April Sawicki lives in a motorless motorhome that her father won in a poker game. Failing out of school, and picking up shifts at a local diner, she’s left fending for herself in a town where she’s never quite felt at home. When she “borrows” her neighbor’s car to perform at an open mic night, she realizes her life could be much bigger than where she came from. After a fight with her dad, April packs her stuff and leaves for good, setting off on a journey to find a life that’s all hers.

This emotional journey to find April’s true family is compelling and moving.I love to see how April moves through the world meeting people who feel like home. It reminds us that chosen families can be just as good as the real ones.

You will find a very determined voice in this character, but April isn’t the only determined woman.

In today’s interview, you will find that Allison is just as determined.

She wants her story told and will not compromise in any fashion on this story, no matter how long it might take or how many hands it had to pass.

Ultimately, it has become such a beloved story to many readers because of her dogged determination. So today, we celebrate Allison Larkin.

About Allison Larkin:

Allison Larkin is the internationally bestselling author of The People We Keep, Stay, Why Can’t I Be You, and Swimming for Sunlight.

Her short fiction has been published in the Summerset Review and Slice, and nonfiction in the anthologies I’m Not the Biggest Bitch in This Relationship and Author in Progress. She lives in the San Francisco Bay Area with her husband, Jeremy.

Connect with Allison Larkin on her website.