where i belong book by gwendolyn heasley

I am so happy with HarperCollins for including me in the talks before images were actually shot.

My editor, agent and I had many conversations about the cover before they actually went to shoot it. 'I really wanted a truck on the cover since trucks (especially one named Billie Jean the Second) are important characters in my novel. This version reflected the NYC Corrinne, but the story primarily takes place in Texas. They asked for it after the first initial image (which was just a mock-up) of a girl standing on a cobblestone street.

'The publisher (HarperCollins) was extremely nice about listening to input. Sometimes, I love to reimagine what those covers would have looked like if they were photos. 'It's funny though because none of my favorite YA books growing up ever had photographic images as covers. After the book's sale, I definitely thought about the cover and I figured that there was a good chance it would be a photograph since that's very popular in YA right now. 'I wrote the book somewhat on a whim, and I never (initially) expected it to be published. (Feb.The cover for Gwendolyn Heasley's Where I Belong (out this month) made me think of about a million things I love: Texas cowboys, green-gold fields, Louboutins. A sweet, by-the-numbers romance with a substantial dose of corny humor. Painful manure episodes aside, Heasley also offers plenty of Texas boys, football parties, and a rodeo as city girl turns country girl and learns some lessons about family and good old-fashioned fun. This premise results in a predictable story, as Heasley dishes out one smalltown cliché after another in an effort to deliver some tension. The moral of Heasley's story is one familiar to any number of romantic comedies on page and on screen: namely, that smalltown life is every bit as rewarding as the bustle of the city if given half a chance. Corrinne is horrified to trade her ritzy, snobby, Gossip Girl–style life for the slow-paced, carbohydrate-rich world of her grandparents. Corrinne's father loses his job and moves to Dubai to find work, leaving her mother behind to sell their Manhattan apartment while 16-year-old Corrinne and her younger brother, Tripp, head to Broken Spoke, Tex., her mother's long (and best) forgotten hometown. The recession hits Corrinne Corcoran's wealthy family hard in Heasley's first novel.

Where i belong book by gwendolyn heasley