Taylor Jenkins Reid used to consider herself more of a Beyoncé or Ariana Grande person, but her playlists grew after she started writing her new novel, Daisy Jones & the Six, a fictional oral history of an iconic 1970s rock band. The Los Angeles author was initially drawn to the nostalgia and romance of the late ’70s epitomized by Fleetwood Mac’s dreamy blues-styled rock ’n’ roll. Daisy Jones & The Six, Taylor Jenkins Reid, Doubleday Canada, 368 pages, $24.95 ( Doubleday Canada ) Los Angeles-based Taylor Jenkins Reid was initially drawn to the nostalgia and romance of the late ’70s epitomized by Fleetwood Mac’s dreamy blues-styled rock ’n’ roll. Although all the band members share their memories, Reid says Daisy is in many ways the book’s main character. And I wanted you to have direct access to these people.”Day one of writing, Reid sat staring at a blank page.

Source: thestar March 07, 2019 19:52 UTC