Robinne Lee, the author of 'The Idea Of You,' talks about the “risk” of book's age gap, writing white characters as a Black woman, and the magic of boy bands.
) so it’s no surprise that it’s her voice bringing the words she wrote to life — but it’s still a little jarring to listen to her say the words “cunnilingus fly by” and “Mr. Campbell, this is a really nice dick,” just before I hop on Zoom for our interview.
can she pull this off? What is he going to be like? What are they going to have in common? Is it going to work?As a reader, because Hayes is so young, you have to reckon with your own feelings while Solène is reckoning with hers. You’re thinking” and she’s going through the same internal struggle. It works. It’s also very clear that you are making a commentary on aging and sexuality.
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