Jencey's Writer's Corner

Looking for Me by Beth Hoffman is her latest novel which recently came out this May.   Thank you to Penguin for a copy of this novel and Tandem Literary publicity.   I met Beth when this novel first released and she was on the tour to promote it.   I honestly didn’t think I would like this novel or that I would prefer to listen to it as an audiobook. Synopsis: Teddi grew up in rural Kentucky by the Red River Gorge.   She never got along well with her mother.   Does she really know her mother?   The same could be said for her brother Josh who has always been supportive.   He gives her notes with little feathers.   He makes one request in of her not to look for him.   Teddi is always left wondering what really happened to her brother? She continues to live her life and run her shop with her colorful patrons.   Will she ever find closure? My Thoughts: I loved this story!   Yes, it is about a brother who disappears,...

  Thank you to Beth Hoffman to day for stopping by Writer's Corner.   She is sharing how she would cast Looking For Me.   She is currently touring to celebrate it's release to paperback. Teddi Overman   - Rachel McAdams wins the lead role. Her voice and physical characteristics are spot-on. There’s something about her that’s “real” and unaffected.    Josh Overman – Josh has few spoken lines, yet he’s a driving force in the story. A loner with an otherworldly connection to nature, his underlying energy is volcanic. Logan Lerman resembles Josh physically and has the intense look.         Henry Overman – Without a doubt I’d pick Sam Shepard to play Teddi’s dad. He has a rugged and powerful screen presence that’s perfect for a war veteran and farmer.    Frannie Overman – Sissy Spacek would be brilliant as Teddi’s mom. She plays rural Southern characters like nobody else. When she...