How a New Kids on the Block Cruise Inspired Emma Straub’s New Novel

By New Zealand Blog News Service Apr 7, 2026

Emma Straub only had one requirement for her latest novel, American Fantasy.
Writing 2022’s This Time Tomorrow—about a woman grappling with the impending death of her father who wakes up on her…
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