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We are thrilled that our readers are writing in to tell us how the book made them feel – people are hugging their kids, calling their siblings, and updating their wills – just as we had hoped!! We thought we’d share all their responses with you as they come in…
Thanks to Debbie Weiss for writing in and agreeing to let us share her email on our blog! Here’s what she had to say:
What a whirlwind! We all gathered in Washington DC for the launch of the book. First Liz and Diana went to a live interview at the local Fox affiliate while Dan, Jesse, Harvey and I stayed back at the hotel and totally forgot to watch them! Then we all met at the Diane Rehm Show studio for our BIG debut. Diane was as elegant and gracious as I imagined she would be, she made us so comfortable. We were all nervous! I hope it didn’t show! Read more →
She told me she felt really badly about it. She called me one afternoon, years ago. I had just written an article for Harpers Bazaar on the history of soap operas. It was my first national magazine article, published in November 1997, and the first lines were “My mother died three times. We have two of them on tape. Morgan Fairchild shot her in the back on Search for Tomorrow…” I did not know then that those same lines would be the beginning of The Kids Are All Right all these years later. Read more →
Diana heard the news first, and speed dialed Liz–”I just got an email that says we are in People Magazine!” she said. Liz went to the nearest newsstand, opened to page 67 and Liz promptly burst into tears. She called Diana: “It’s the lead review!” she said. ”There are two photos and a book jacket image that takes up 1/4 of the page!” She next called Dan and Amanda and read the review to each verbatim.
Following a 3 1/2 out of 4 star review, this is what it said: Read more →
We just found out that we were chosen as one of The Daily Beast’s “Book Beast” hot reads of the week!
Big thanks to Wistar Watt Murray, author of the blog One Star Watt, for letting us know!
Here’s what the Beast had to say about our book:
“Four orphaned siblings recount their eerie ’80s childhoods.
The truth is stranger than fiction in this memoir of a family shaken up by everything from bankruptcy to the arrival of an exchange student and, eventually, the death of both parents.”
We just found out that The Kids are All Right was chosen as Self’s October Book Club pick!
Here’s what Self Contributing Books Editor Elisabeth Egan had to say about it:
“Brother and Sister Act. When Liz, Diana, Dan and Amanda Welch were suddenly orphaned, the siblings struggled to stay connected despite being taken in by different families. The Welches’ stirring account of their ordeal, The Kids Are All Right (Harmony Books), is equal parts A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius, “Party of Five” and 1980’s flashback. It proves the strength of family ties.”
Check out the October issue of Glamour Magazine — the one with Gwen Stefani on the cover — to see an excerpt of The Kids Are All Right! Told solely from Liz’s perspective, this unique take on our story fills up a whopping eight pages.
We’d been on pins and needles waiting for this to come out, and we’re thrilled with it – though, we have to admit that it feels crazy to open up a glossy mag and see our childhood snapshots, pictures of our parents, etc — all photos never before seen by the public — right there on the page … after page … after page! We’re hoping that folks who read it will be eager to hear the other three perspectives of what happened back then – that’s the beauty of a one-voice excerpt: It doesn’t give too much away!
It’s true – The Kids are All Right made it into Elissa Schappell’s “Hot Type” column! We are so excited!
So, pick up a copy of the September issue – the one with either Michael Jackson or Farrah Fawcett on the cover – and check it out!
Hello! Thank you for checking out our site! We are all really excited and nervous about our life story taking its first steps out into the world, and everything that it entails. For instance, it freaks us out (in a good way) that you can already pre-order our book on Amazon, Barnes & Noble, Borders, and IndieBound. And, um, all of our embarrassing family photos are now online – a slight by our own hand! What were we thinking? Well, it was long ago, after all. Things have changed. Especially our hair. (In the sisters’ case, we have grown out of those hairspray-hardened looks, embarrassing root perms and helmet-inspired do’s and, in Dan’s case, he has long since shed the bowl cut-mullet look (and Cats sweatshirt!) he rocked in middle school.) Read more →
