Bestselling author Claire Cook, whose novels include Must Love Dogs, which became a feature film starring Diane Lane and John Cusack, and Seven Year Switch, has turned her attention to home staging in her eighth novel, Best Staged Plans. Hailed as a “charming” story of “midlife craziness” and a “crowd-pleaser for empty nesters” by Publishers Weekly, Best Staged Plans is now available for pre-order.
Sandy Sullivan is a professional home stager, so getting rid of her own house and downsizing should be a breeze. Well, best staged plans and all, Sandy’s husband, Greg, is dragging his feet and their twenty-something son, Luke, has returned home and turned the basement into his “bat cave.” Fixing up houses may turn out to be easier than fixing up lives.
When asked why she turned her attention to home staging, Cook said, “For me, a huge part of the fun of being a novelist is that I get to live other lives vicariously. Professional home staging seems like the perfect midlife career to me – it’s creative and flexible, life experience is an asset, and it’s a growing field. I had an absolute blast shadowing several generous home stagers as part of my research for the novel, and I was so impressed with their talent and resourcefulness.”
“I hope all my readers will enjoy this novel,” Cook continued, “but I think it will be particularly fun for professionals working in the industry, and it contains some solid home staging tips. My readers often get ideas for their own lives from my books, and I hope Best Staged Plans will encourage them to reach out to a home stager when it’s time to sell their own house, or maybe even to become one themselves.”
To read an excerpt, and for a chance to win a Kindle, a Nook, or a beach bag filled with Claire Cook’s novels, go to http://ClaireCook.com.
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