How did you balance real places and aspects into the writing process? So often the attention isįocused on the birth parents, almost completely ignoring the real parents-theĪdoptive parents! So I set out to write something more accurate, a story thatįelt true to my experience, and to learn about myself along the way. Is so often depicted on television and in movies. I’ve also always been a tad annoyed by the way that adoption Myself, and this was–as I am an adoptee too–a subject I’d had mixed feelingsĪbout all my life. I like to write about topics that I haven’t fully figured out for Was this always a story you knew you wanted to write and if so, how did it come around? Was it an emotional process? Interview As an adoptee myself, I am so excited for The How & The Why. And they may just hold the answers Cass has been searching for.Īlternating between Cass’s search for answers and letters from the pregnant teen who gave her up for adoption, this voice-driven narrative is the perfect read for fans of Nina LaCour and Jandy Nelson.įind The How & the Why on Goodreads, Amazon, Indiebound & The Book Depository. Questions her adoptive parents can’t answer, no matter how much they love her.īut eighteen years ago, someone wrote Cass a series of letters. She has everything she needs-except maybe the one thing she wants. They’ve given Cass a life she wouldn’t trade for the world. Today Melly had us writing letters to our babies…Ĭassandra McMurtrey has the best parents a girl could ask for.
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