I think of the beginning of this book as He Said – She Said. Writing about the same event from different points of view was the most fun I’ve ever had head hopping. I think it shows how two people can arrive at The Big Misunderstanding.

As for Maggie Dennehy, she’s one of my favorite characters, perhaps because she was a little more difficult to unravel. When I realized I was going to write about an entire sibling group I knew that I wanted to make the sisters unique, but also give them some characteristics that were fairly typical of their position in the family. I saw Maggie as the middle child in the Dennehy family: quieter than her outspoken sisters, content to be alone. At family gatherings she would be more likely to be a spectator rather than a participant. On the surface she would appear less competitive, and underneath she would be as headstrong as any who came before – or after – her. Her real strength was thoughtfulness. Like Connor Holiday, I thought Maggie was wise.