"I started this book well before trump was elected, and i felt like not only had the americans oof political establishment lost touch with the average American," she says. "i think that that unleashed a kind of indepth sexism that's always been there, but it gave it permission to surface in some bizarre way." She also wrote two operas last year for the kennedy center; one is about a monument to women suffrage which has now been put in the basement after 70 years.
Best known for her controversial novels featuring extreme situations and characters, A.M. Homes discusses her most recent book, The Unfolding, and her remarkable career authoring thirteen extraordinarily original books.