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Ali Benjamin's new adult novel 'The Smash-Up' hits book stores Feb. 23


WILLIAMSTOWN — Bestselling author Ali Benjamin first read Edith Wharton s Ethan Frome, when she was 15 years old. The novella didn t quite resonate with her at the time, but one day, years later as she was explaining the story to her then pre-teen daughter on a snowy hill during a break from sledding, it hit her like the weight of a piano falling on my head.
I realized in the years between high school and now, if I were to be one of [the female characters], I would be the mean, old hag, Benjamin said of the story about a man caught between two extremes in life — an older, angry wife and a younger, beautiful woman full of laughter. As soon as that hit me, I immediately thought, But what if [the wife] had reasons to be mean? What if she was not mean, but frustrated, angry? What if Fascism was on the rise? All the elements started falling into place. ....

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