![]() Given her fascination with the accents, personalities, and mannerisms of the rich, unique characters-or caricatures she grew up observing, it is no surprise that reading Carrie Kabak's debut novel COVER THE BUTTER feels much like reading a personal journal. Stumbling through the difficult words and the naughty bits (she was only nine years old, after all) Carrie found the characters, mood, and dialogue pulled her into a familiar world-here were the mothers, fathers, shopkeepers, and teachers she knew so well in the many places she lived and visited with her family in England, Wales and Ireland. Taking what he said to heart, Carrie promptly found a copy of Edna O'Brien's novel The Country Girls on top of her father's dresser. ![]() When Carrie Kabak was a young girl, her cousin let her in on a secret: Parents "hide dirty books and stuff" on top of their dressers. ![]()
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