Entanglement

"1990s Hollywood, two unlikely friends, one dangerous relationship..."

Socially awkward 21-year-old Greta moves in with her best friend Daphne, a troubled young woman with an abusive past. The glamorous and charismatic Daphne teaches Greta how to wear stilettos, tame her wild hair, and navigate L.A. nightlife. Daphne is determined to make it big, and she drags an unwilling Greta into the limelight with her.

But Greta prefers spending time with Timmy, her new boss who has become a lot more than that. Daphne, convinced Timmy's not the right man for her friend, will do anything to drive them apart-even if her actions throw Greta into the path of danger.

Can Greta survive? Can she forgive?

"Tana French meets Donna Tartt in this tense, evocative tale of love and friendship-and everything in between." Interview with the Author What was your inspiration to write "Entanglement"?

I think we're all fascinated by the people who don't quite fit in to the normal cone of expected human behavior. These are the people who were outcasts in high school, and who maybe were in college, too. They might have had a friend or two, but they struggled to say the right thing, and it showed. They were socially awkward. They were the geek girls. Maybe you wondered, What goes on inside their heads? In "Entanglement," with Greta, I get to show you. It seems as if it falls into several genres. How would you categorize it?

"Entanglement" is a plot-driven story that begins with a crime that you must unravel as you read-like a mystery-yet it focuses on the close relationship between two women-which means it's a love story. The main character, Greta, for all that she is a misfit, is very funny. Part of her humor stems from her intelligence, and part of it stems from her unique way of seeing the world. She finds most people wildly irrational, and she isn't afraid to say so. What makes "Entanglement" fresh?

Many great books have been set in L.A. My favorite is "Play It As It Lays" by Joan Didion. I needed to find a way to tell an L.A. story that didn't replay old themes, or a way that would at least bend those themes into new, unpredictable shapes. No one in this coming of age novel wants to be a movie star, for example. In fact, they heap scorn on those who do, even if they do enjoy the L.A. night life. The story focuses on love and friendship, in this case between two 20-something girls. What can you say about their relationship?

Everything about the girls' familial relationships was broken. These two had no one else until they met each other. It's hard to imagine a friendship like that. I had a friendship like that once, but it's gone now. I wanted to write about how that intensity can keep you alive when it seems like nothing else will, and what it's like to lose it. The betrayal of trust, what's it like to feel betrayed. What do you enjoy reading?

I will read any book except ones where the female characters are afterthoughts or non-existent. I love historical romance, urban fantasies, Booker Prize winners, SF (especially by women, and I wish there were more), Tana French (she's her own category), P.D. James (so is she), and of course that great big category called Women's Fiction. Categories New Adult Women's Fiction
New Adult Romance
Coming of Age Women's Fiction
Coming of Age Romance
Contemporary Fiction

"Has elements of: new adult women's fiction, new adult romance, coming of age women's fiction, coming of age romance, love and friendship, socially awkward, betrayal of trust, betrayed, geek girls"