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Anna is a 35-year-old woman at a turning point in life. She?s facing questions about her past, her future, and her mother, Rose. For Anna, Rose has always been a remote, mysterious figure. She grew up in India, during the last years of British rule, but she?s never told Anna anything about her childhood. Anna decides to visit India and that sets in motion a story of relationships, revelation, and geography. It?s the story told in There Is Room for You, by Charlotte Bacon. Charlotte is a resident of Portsmouth and an assistant professor of English at the University of New Hampshire. There Is Room for You is her second novel. We talk about Charlotte's travels to India, her collegiate research on 19th century diaries written by British women in India, and the writing process.

This interview originally aired last spring.