The Getting Real With Hilary Show, December 10, 2024

The Getting Real with Hilary Show with Hilary Burns

Title: S2EP52, The Wisdom of the Willows by Nancy Chadwick Nancy Chadwick always wanted to write mini-stories about characters. She went into advertising, but never was able to achieve her goal. She got a job in banking which also did not fulfill her dream. After getting married, her husband told her to take the summer off from her unsatisfying job. She started writing and never went back to work. She started with essays and after 15 years, published her first memoir, Underneath the Birch Tree. Inspired by the sun streaming down on a river one day, Nancy ventured into fiction writing. She wrote some essays and has recently published The Wisdom of the Willow. I thoroughly enjoyed reading about the Dowlings, their daughters, and the wisdom shared by Margaret under the willow tree. Thank you, Nancy, for your appreciation of nature and for passing on your life lessons so we can all relate and learn from you. Bio: Nancy Chadwick grew up in a northern suburb of Chicago. She got her first job at Leo Burnett advertising agency in Chicago. Noted as one of 2024's Most Anticipated Books by the Chicago Review of Books, the forthcoming debut novel The Wisdom of the Willow (She Writes Press, May 7, 2024) is a metaphorically rich and reflective tale of sisterhood and strength—a story of hope and healing, of the choices that shape our lives, and the challenges we all face as we seek to find our places in the world. Please consider a book review, author interview or round-up: as the story takes place from Memorial Day to Labor Day, in the summer of 1998, it’s a perfect Summer Read suggestion. Print ARCs are available, or request a digital ARC on NetGalley. In their early forties, the four Dowling sisters, Debra, Rose, Linney and Charlotte, find themselves faced with big changes in work and relationships that will define their lives. Meanwhile, their terminally ill mother, Margaret, is struggling with whether she has done enough to help her daughters find their way in life, and calls them all to the family home to reunite one last time under the willow tree that she and her husband planted as a symbol of home, belonging, and growth when they began their family in the north suburbs of Chicago. Website: nancychadwickauthor.com Facebook: facebook.com/nancychadwickauthor Instagram: instagram.com/nancychadwickauthor Linkedin: linkedin.com/in/nancy-chadwick-burke-32814867 prbythebook.com/experts/nancy-chadwick/ #NancyChadwick #hilaryburns #gettingrealwithhilary #realtalk #getreal #getfree #inspiration #wisdomofthewillow #author #fictionwriter #chicagoreviewofbooks #writer #familystories #sisters