"And one of the songs that I liked was a song by The Eagles called 'Hotel California.' And, it's an old, old song but if you know the song, or if you don’t, the song begins with the words 'On a dark desert highway.' So, that sort of stuck with me. And there are some amazing artists out there and they write songs and, honestly, they tell you a full story in a little song. Marina Cohen: "I like to listen to songs, and I especially like songs that tell me stories, where I can listen and I can imagine almost an entire novel.
The first secret Cohen reveals to these Vermont students is one of the inspirations for the book: It’s an unscheduled stop on a long, strange road trip. It's along a lonely highway in the middle of the desert, on the state line separating California and Nevada.īest friends Quinn and Kara check in to the hotel to spend a night there, along with Kara’s family. In addition to being the title of her novel, The Inn Between is also the name of a hotel where most of the story takes place. About a hundred students from elementary schools in Swanton, Highgate and Sheldon packed into the children's room of the Swanton Public Library on a recent Friday the 13th - a fitting date to welcome author Marina Cohen to talk about her spooky novel The Inn Between.Ĭohen came prepared to reveal seven secrets of The Inn Between, a nominee for this year's Dorothy Canfield Fisher Book Award.
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