'I don't believe in suffering for your art in any way, shape or form,' says writer Haley Jakobson.
, you’re likely to recognize protagonist Savannah Henry; not because you’re necessarily queer, or a college student, or a survivor of sexual assault, or a person with a complex relationship to your lifelong BFF, but because Jakobson writes Sav with enough humor, heart, and nuance to make her feel simultaneously relatable and unique.But in Jakobson’s hands, it’s clear that the violence Sav endured in high school is anything but the sum total of who she is or what her journey has been.
How did you take care of yourself in the process of writing a book that encompasses such heavy themes of assault and survivorship?I wrote because making myself laugh out loud at my computer can be so intentional and healing. I don’t remember when I learned this or where I learned this, but it sticks with me all the time; people listen better when they’re laughing.
Is there any aspect of this book you wish more people were asking you about, or that you’d particularly love to get into? You know, one thing that I’ve had a lot of readers reach out to me about but not necessarily talked about in so many interviews is the arc of the character of Lara. I honestly didn’t even know if it stood out that much, but I just really wanted to write a character that sort of represented the parts of Sav that she most feared.
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