![]() ![]() It was set at a fictionalized beach club and hotel, based on the place where my ex-husband - well, he was my husband then - the place where he worked, and still works, called Cliffside Beach Club. I was totally miserable!Īlmost as a therapy, or a defense mechanism, I started writing a novel about Nantucket. ![]() I was stuck in the middle of the country, away from any water, and look, I was sort of an east coast elitist, and I was away from the food, and the culture, and the museums - and there’s none of that in Iowa. And we were all competing for the same fellowship money. I mean, we all workshopped each other and people were just merciless. ![]() I wasn’t sure I wanted to go there because I had been offered more money at the University of Michigan, but I decided to go with the “name” so I went to Iowa. Everyone who wants to be a writing student wants to go there. It often indicates a user profile.Įlin Hilderbrand: At the time I started “The Beach Club,” I was a grad student at University of Iowa Writers Workshop - the old, esteemed, best writing club in the country. Account icon An icon in the shape of a person's head and shoulders. ![]()
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