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Sarah Shoemaker

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Winona, MN, The United States

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Sarah Shoemaker grew up in a suburb of Chicago and now lives in a little village in northern Michigan. When she was in the third grade, she knew she wanted to be a writer, but it has been a long and circuitous path to get there. She has been a teacher, a wife, a stay-at-home mom, a librarian and, finally, a published writer.
CHILDREN OF THE CATASTROPHE is her most recent book. Coming out September 6, 2022, it is a historical novel about family, about love and loss, and about courage and survival. Her previous novel, MR. ROCHESTER, told the story of the strange, sometimes imperious, sometimes playful, man that Jane Eyre fell in love with. In the case if both books, Sarah has written stories that she herself would want to read. As Toni Morriso ...more

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Are you working on a another novel? I sure hope so because Mr. Rochester is excellent! Is there another fictional character whose story you feel needs telling?

Sarah Shoemaker Charmaine, first let me say that I am really pleased that you enjoyed reading Mr. Rochester, and I am indeed working on a new novel. However, this one…moreCharmaine, first let me say that I am really pleased that you enjoyed reading Mr. Rochester, and I am indeed working on a new novel. However, this one is not based on another novel, nor is it the story of another fictional character. Actually, there is not another fictional character who struck me as needing his story told in the way I was moved to tell Rochester's story. And I must say that I found it much more difficult to do that kind of thing than I had assumed it would be. Nevertheless, I hope that you will enjoy my next book as well, and please keep an eye out for it in another year or so. Until then, happy reading! Sarah Shoemaker
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Sarah, one of my dearest friends has just shared with me about your new book, MR. ROCHESTER. I cannot wait to purchase it and read about this very complex man! My question is, when you initially read JANE EYRE, were you as intriqued by the man ( Mr. Rochester) and his eccentricies? Since writing the book, how are you feeling about him as a man? Might the reader experience more pathos for Mr. Rochester?

Sarah Shoemaker Yes, indeed, when I first read JANE EYRE, I was intrigued by Mr. Rochester. I wasn't sure what to make of him---he seemed so changeable: angry sometim…moreYes, indeed, when I first read JANE EYRE, I was intrigued by Mr. Rochester. I wasn't sure what to make of him---he seemed so changeable: angry sometimes, tender other times, seemingly attracted to Jane, but also appearing to woo Miss Ingram. And then it turns out that he keeps his insane wife locked away in an upstairs apartment! I didn't really know what to make of all that, but I did feel a sort of compassion for him, for it seemed as if he must have had a difficult past.
It was a later reading, however, that really piqued my interest. My book group read and discussed JANE EYRE, and among the group there were varying opinions about Rochester. What were we supposed to make of this guy? What did Charlotte Bronte intended us to think of him? It seemed to me that Bronte intended us to think that Jane was right in coming back to him---which Jane did, even without knowing that Rochester's wife had died and he was then free to marry. And it seemed clear to me at the end of JANE EYRE that Bronte had written a happy ending for the two of them.
So, as I pondered all that, I thought perhaps someone needed to write Mr. Rochester's story---to write a story that would help the reader understand where he was coming from, what his background might have been, and (I hoped) feel more empathy toward him. In a moment of rash and optimistic ambition, I decided I could be that person. And, yes, I do hope that the reader comes away from MR. ROCHESTER with a feeling of compassion for him.
A couple of months ago I ran across a quote from Toni Morrison that touches exactly what I tried to do: "If there is a book that you really want to read but it hasn't been written yet, then you must write it."
Thanks for asking that very interesting question!(less)

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Average rating: 3.93 · 3,933 ratings · 849 reviews · 4 distinct works • Similar authors

	Mr. Rochester 3.94 avg rating — 3,653 ratings — published 2017 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Children of the Catastrophe 3.82 avg rating — 268 ratings — published 2022 — 8 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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“I discovered that if I played the role of master too broadly, and pushed her too imperiously, she became stubborn and annoyed, so I took care to apologize where I could, to treat her not as an inferior, but as a younger, inexperienced equal, for there was something in this Miss Eyre that I could not resist prying into.”
― Sarah Shoemaker, Mr. Rochester

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