My father is an economist who specialized in foreign food policy, and my mother worked for AID, a branch of the State Department, so food in regards to world affairs was talked about a lot. — Jennifer Gilmore Copy Share Image
Idea of the generations continuing is really important. And that's interesting to me. I write about families; I'm interested in families. Even though I… — Jennifer Gilmore Copy Share Image
People might seem to have a perfectly fine life but inside, we don't even know if they've suffered. — Jennifer Gilmore Copy Share Image
I feel like if writers used writing as therapy we'd have a ton of happy writers. — Jennifer Gilmore Copy Share Image
While I am very much Jewish 'identified,' I'm not a very religious person. — Jennifer Gilmore Copy Share Image
I want to say that, in general, when it works, open adoption is great. — Jennifer Gilmore Copy Share Image
Publishing in a way doesn't have a lot to do with writing, and writing doesn't have a lot to do with publishing. — Jennifer Gilmore Copy Share Image
I think we think that parenthood is confined to the country of mothers, but I think a lot of the men I've spoken to and the men who have read my books - I've been surprised by this actually - have a fierce attachment to being parents and to being fathers. And just as we, a lot of women I… — Jennifer Gilmore Copy Share
My first two novels were set in the past, and that freed me up in a lot of ways; it allowed me to find… — Jennifer Gilmore Copy Share Image
It would be a lie to say that people are coming to adoption with joy at all times. Hope, perhaps, but it would be… — Jennifer Gilmore Copy Share Image
The birth mother is placing the baby out of love. I still believe that. Well, the ones weve dealt with who were actually pregnant,… — Jennifer Gilmore Copy Share Image
What is it about the blank page that makes me want to hurl myself into a game of solitaire? I ask myself these kinds… — Jennifer Gilmore Copy Share Image
