In Episode 50 of Literary Prospects, we talk with author Lynda Cohen Loigman about her new novel, The Love Elixir of Augusta Stern.
Lynda is a graduate of Harvard College and Columbia Law School, and the author of four novels: The Two-Family House, a USA Today bestseller and a nominee for the Goodreads 2016 Choice Awards, The Wartime Sisters, a Woman’s World Book Club pick and Real Simple Magazine Best Book of 2019, The Matchmaker’s Gift, named a Best New Book by People Magazine and a Best Book of Fall by the New York Post, Parade Magazine, Buzzfeed, and Good Morning America, and , The Love Elixir of Augusta Stern her fourth novel, which is out now. Lynda grew up in Longmeadow, MA, and now lives in New York.
In this interview, Lynda talks about the family stories that inspired the novel, her unconventional writing process, writing magical realism, and much more…