6/12/2023 0 Comments Miracle creek charactersWelcome to Miracle Creek, Virginia, home of the “miracle submarine” offering HBOT – hyperbaric oxygen therapy – believed to treat such conditions as autism and infertility. Which also means sisterhood came in handy in getting on her overbooked schedule! Starred reviews, must-read lists, and glowing praise mean Kim is also quite the sought-after, “It”-author. Yep, all the hype about Miracle Creek is true. And then this Bloom-ing opportunity appeared in my inbox, providing the serendipitous chance to reclaim our sisterhood! Publishing can be a tiny world … because Kim’s Miracle Creek (Sarah Crichton Books) landed in my audiobooks assignment queue for one of the magazines for which I regularly review. Kim mentioned she might be working on a novel herself, which Lee enthusiastically confirmed and insisted I would have to read it. Lee was presenting on a panel at one of those mega-conferences, and she snuck Kim and me in by claiming family status. True confession: A few years ago, our mutual friend, the writer Marie Myung-Ok Lee (not a Bloomer – Marie had a first-ever YA fiction multi-book deal with a major publisher in her 20s) made me sisters with debut novelist Angie Kim. “I’m still getting used to the idea of being a writer”: Q&A with Angie Kim
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