Rebecca Kauffman

Jan 7, 2025 | ajc.com | Leah Tyler |Rebecca Kauffman

It isn’t unusual for couples to grapple with how to please two sets of parents — or more, if divorce factors into their family histories — over the holidays. It’s hard to make everyone happy, Virginia author Rebecca Kauffman’s fifth novel asserts when single mother Ellen Leach complains about her first Christmas alone post-divorce on a blind date. Ellen isn’t the only reason the date doesn’t go well.

Dec 31, 2024 | nytimes.com | Rebecca Kauffman

I'LL COME TO YOU, by Rebecca Kauffman"And then there is using everything," Gertrude Stein said of her approach to composition; for Rebecca Kauffman, there's using everyone. The novelist is interested in congress: Friends reunite, families meet up, exes come together, and there's something to be seen from each character's vantage point. Her 2022 novel, "Chorus," was told from nine points of view. Her narration never stays in the same place - or even the same brain - for too long.