We are thrilled to dedicate this week’s Inspired By to author Robin Antalek, author of The Grown Ups  (available now).

Get to know a little more about Robin as she picks five books that have inspired her most as an author and why!

 

 

Home Cooking: A Writer in The Kitchen by Laurie Colwin

Her essay about a roast chicken will leave you salivating ~ she wrote of friends, food and love like no other.

A Big Storm Knocked It Over by Laurie Colwin

Falling in love, getting married, having babies ~ friends who become family ~ life moments handled in the most exquisite way.

The Stories of John Cheever by John Cheever

No writer has ever captured the ache of loneliness, or the wantonness of a cloistered life in the suburbs like Cheever.

Mary and O’Neill by Justin Cronin

A stunning mediation on loss and finding your place and your people in this world.

The Secret History by Donna Tartt

A group of friends who meet in college and band together for better or for worse.