GCC Welcomes Melissa Walker
Summer has arrived and just in time comes Melissa Walker with her new book to add to your reading list. Her book, UNBREAK MY HEART, is out now.
Melissa stopped by to answer some questions:
1) Tell us something fun about your new book, it can be a character detail, something that inspired the story, or a behind the scenes story from the writing process.
I listened to a mix tape that was made for me by the TOTAL wrong guy while I wrote. It was inspiring.
2) What do you like to do when you aren’t writing?
I love reading in the park on a blanket with my baby girl crawling around, going to yoga, eating, and watching good-bad reality TV.
3) If you weren’t an author- what job would you choose?
I was once a magazine editor, and I loved it, so I’d go back to that as second choice.
4) Rapid fire round!
Currently Reading: Keep Holding On by Susane Colasanti
Sweet or Salty: Salty, but I love a chocolate-with-sea-salt combo, so both?
Morning or Night person: Night! But I’m trying to change to morning now that I have a baby who wakes up with the sun.
Coffee or Tea: Coffee. Iced, light and sweet.
Favorite Holiday: Christmas! And March Madness.
Favorite TV Show: Of the currently on shows, I’ll go with Mad Men.
Favorite Indulgence: Every show on Bravo, E! and TLC.
About the book:
The year that broke her heart. The summer that healed it. A dual love story.
Sophomore year broke Clementine Williams’ heart. She fell for her best friend’s boyfriend and long story short: he’s excused, but Clem is vilified and she heads into summer with zero social life. Enter her parents’ plan to spend the summer on their sailboat. Normally the idea of being stuck on a tiny boat with her parents and little sister would make Clem break out in hives, but floating away sounds pretty good right now. Then she meets James at one of their first stops along the river. He and his dad are sailing for the summer and he’s just the distraction Clem needs. Can he break down Clem’s walls and heal her broken heart? Told in alternating chapters that chronicle the year that broke Clem’s heart and the summer that healed it, Unbreak My Heart is a wonderful dual love story that fans of Sarah Dessen, Deb Caletti, and Susane Colasanti will flock to.
