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Hemlock Lane by Marshall Fine | GSMC Book Review Podcast

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Hemlock Lane is about a daughter who discovers that facing the truth, however painful, might be the key to finally breaking free.

GSMC Book Review interview with author Marshall Fine about his novel Hemlock Lane, set in 1967. The book follows a four-day family weekend told from four perspectives—Nora, her domineering mother Lillian, her father Saul, and housekeeper Clara. Fine discusses his 50-year career in journalism and transition to fiction, his multi-perspective narrative structure, and how each character's POV reveals new information and changes reader understanding. Particular emphasis on Clara as the unsung hero and Nora as a proto-feminist navigating family secrets and her own desires for independence. Fine discusses his writing process, including the challenge of maintaining accurate POV consistency and the importance of revision.

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