Claire is wrapped up with the difficulties of her bourgeoning adulthood-boys, school, friends, identity Claire’s mother, a single mom, is rushed off her feet both at work and at home.
Partly because I knew I’d never write another book with those characters in and I’d enjoyed working with them so much.Ĭlaire and her mother are running out of time, but they don’t know it. Partly because I wanted it to end differently but knew it couldn’t. The book was urgent, important and I loved writing it. All of a sudden, I had characters – Claire and Elizabeth – and a storyline. It wasn’t until a friend of mine lost her mother to breast cancer that the challenge of writing the book became more than that. I wondered how a novelist would tell a story with the limit of only be able to use notes – how much could I tell about my characters with hardly any words? The challenge interested me.
In six words an intimacy about our relationship was revealed. Life on the Refrigerator Door leapt into my mind as a title one afternoon when I came home and found a note from my boyfriend. "About this title" may belong to another edition of this title.Chapters Indigo | Amazon | Buy Local | Kindle | iBookstore | Google Play (Sept.)Ĭopyright © Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. Although the format has its limits (notably in character development and narrative momentum), Kuipers delivers a strong, emotional reminder about the importance of loved ones, even through times of unceasing complications and challenges. Kuipers captures the anxiety surrounding tragedy and conveys the importance of fully experiencing life. Missives range from the daughter's plainly impassioned (Hi MOM! (Who I never see anymore EVER!)) to her mother's soothing, tough-upper-lip responses written during her breast cancer treatment. Bittersweet, funny and achingly real, the nameless mother (an overworked obstetrician) and bubbly Claire communicate through these notes instead of talking, e-mailing or text messaging. Kuipers's haunting debut unfolds like a flip book of half-drawn images too swiftly ended, a compilation of tantalizing notes posted on a refrigerator by a single working mom and Claire-bear, her wistful teen daughter.
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