



What was the spark? What was the grain for you?Īnn-Marie: It began as a play, and it began very innocently. Oprah: I find it interesting over the years talking to different authors how the pieces come together. And then the rest the world is going to provide. I don't need to have a lot in my own experience. And it comes from stories that have been percolating everywhere all the time. And the honest answer is that I don't really know. (laughter) And she came out and gathered her thoughts.' Where did this come from?Īnn-Marie: That's such a difficult question. Oprah: As I was reading, I thought, 'This author must have spent some time in a mental institution. Where did the idea for the book come from? Read the highlights from our on-air discussion. Ann-Marie MacDonald wove a complex tale of family secrets and the lives they destroy.
