She grew up in New York City, earned a degree in journalism from NYU, began her writing career at Seventeen magazine, married a man she met in an elevator and owned an award-winning advertising agency for more than twenty-five years.
Rothstein applied the Page 69 Test to Who Loves You Best and reported the following:
I'm happy to report that page 69 of my new novel, Who Loves You Best, passes the rigorous Page 69 Test, providing an accurate idea of the whole work. Here’s why: On page 69 the reader finds a scene between the protagonist, Jodi Wexler, a Florida podiatrist who is visiting family in the Berkshires, and Macallan, her eight-year-old granddaughter—named after the Scotch her parents were drinking the evening she was conceived. The first point on page 69 is that Jodi is a totally different kind of grandmother than she was a mother. As a mother she wanted to be in charge. As a nana, she wants to be popular. Also, in speaking to Macallan, Jodi learns a lot about her daughter, Lisa, she does not know. This is important, because everything changes when Lisa returns from a trip to Boston and lets Jodi in on her long-held secret.Visit Marilyn Simon Rothstein's website.
--Marshal Zeringue
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