fiction, she began writing novels, including Dark August and Poison Lilies. She has a daughter and lives with her husband in Ottawa, Ontario.
Tallo applied the Page 69 Test to her new novel, Buried Road, and reported the following:
On page 69 of Buried Road, Gus and her young daughter run from a lighthouse where they had taken refuge for the night. Smoke billows everywhere but they soon see that it’s not the lighthouse that’s on fire. It’s their car, and along with it, the clues they’ve uncovered so far are burning. Gus is devastated and blames herself while her daughter, Bly, tries to comfort her. Gus says “Bad sticks to me.” The moment drops us right into the precariousness of the situation the two find themselves in as they search for a missing loved one. Clearly, someone wants them to stop looking. Gus’s past is also never far from her mind. “I was there when my mother was murdered,” she says at the bottom of page 69, as if to say she is the common factor in all bad things that happen. As her daughter tries to reassure her, their complicated, mother-daughter, dynamic is evident.Visit Katie Tallo's website.
Yes, The Page 69 Test would give reader’s a very good glimpse at both the relationships in the novel and the dangers yet to come for the two protagonists as they travel along a Buried Road.
The Page 69 Test: Dark August.
Q&A with Katie Tallo.
Writers Read: Katie Tallo (June 2022).
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