If you've ever read the children's book, "Love You Forever" you'll understand the complicated emotions associated with the loss of our loved ones as they grow older. What we often aren't prepared for is the sudden responsibility of becoming a caretaker for those who once took care of us. Acclaimed culture journalist and author of the upcoming novel, "Everything is a Little Broken," (releasing February 27, 2024), Rebecca Sugar writes a compelling narrative where time is our cruel enemy, and human connection is our strongest defense. Known for her thought-provoking column in the New York Sun, "The Cocktail Party Contrarian," this story is thinly veiled fiction based on the authors own family experiences as a caregiver for both her children and elderly father. Sugar weaves a poignant, touching, funny, and profound narrative that explores the complexities of middle age, aging, and the inevitable passage of time. The novel revolves around Mira Cayne, who grapples with the challenges of watching her father decline and the impending loss of their family's beloved nanny. As she leans on her family traditions, moments of strength, and flashes of humor, Mira confronts the universal question we all face: "Who will I be when the older generation is gone?" I believe you'll find EVERYTHING IS A LITTLE BROKEN to be a powerful exploration of life's fragility, and Rebecca Sugar's unique ability to capture hereditary distress in fiction makes this debut novel a must-read. I 'm looking forward to setting up an interview for you and Rebecca, please let me know where I can send an ARC for review! For your convenience, here is the PDF link to read, release below: EVERYTHING IS A LITTLE BROKEN EVERYTHING IS A LITTLE BROKEN By Rebecca Sugar EVERYTHING IS A LITTLE BROKEN (Post Hill Press; February 27, 2024) by acclaimed journalist and author Rebecca Sugar is more than a compassionate look at life in middle age—it’s a heartfelt story inspired by beloved members of Sugar’s own family. The distancing of fiction allows Sugar to capture the hereditary distress that daunts memoir writers as she crafts the kind of mirror that reflects inescapable truths. Sugar, who is known for her column, “The Cocktail Party Contrarian” in the New York Sun, has also been published in The Wall Street Journal, Washington Examiner, USA Today, Spectator USA, Jewish News Syndicate, The Christian Post, The Jewish Journal, and more. Faced with nothing but time during the COVID-19 lockdown, she chose the vehicle of fiction in order to express universal truths about the challenge she was facing as she cared for infirm, elderly parents and children at the same time. When Leonard Cohen sang, “There is a crack, a crack in everything, that’s how the light gets in,” he might have been describing the Cayne family in Rebecca Sugar’s poignant, touching, funny, and profound debut novel. Mira Cayne is watching her beloved father decline right before her eyes. Aging is hard, and the man who has always been her hero and her rock isn’t bouncing back from his second spinal cord surgery. Decades of chronic pain are taking its toll on her 79-year-old father’s fierce spirit as he grows increasingly fragile. Her father isn’t the only crack in Mira’s foundation. Her family’s beloved nanny is dying. The keeper of the family history and a maternal figure not just to Mira but her father as well, Mae Boyd has her Pentecostal faith to lean on. Mira is supporting her daughter as well as her ailing seniors and stuck between generations. Who can Mira lean on? As she looks toward her Jewish faith, moments of strength and inspiration, and flashes of humor to sustain her, Mira can’t escape the question that comes for all of us: “Who will I be when the older generation is gone?”
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