Title: JUBILEE MANOR
Author: Bethany Hagen
Pub. Date: August 11, 2015
Publisher: Dial Books
Pages: 400
Formats: Hardcover, eBook
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The thrilling conclusion to Landry Park is full of love, betrayal, and murder--perfect for fans of Divergent, The Selection, and Pride and Prejudice.In Landry Park, Madeline turned her back on her elite family, friends, and estate to help the Rootless. Now, in Jubilee Manor, she struggles to bring the Gentry and the Rootless together. But when Gentry heirs—Madeline’s old friends—are murdered, even she begins to think a Rootless is behind it, putting her at odds with the boy she loves and the very people she is trying to lead. If she can’t figure out who is killing her friends and bring them to justice, a violent war will erupt and even more will die—and Madeline’s name, her estate, and all the bonds she’s forged won’t make any difference.This conclusion to Landry Park, which VOYA dubbed "Gone with the Wind meets The Hunger Games,” is a richly satisfying, addictive read.
Now on to the playlist!
2. Dario Marianelli, Jane Eyre. This haunting soundtrack is full of introspection and raw emotion, toggling between a lonely piano and a lonely violin. I probably listened to this soundtrack a thousand times while figuring out the initial storyline for Jubilee Manor, and I think something of the fear and longing in the music can be felt in certain parts of the book.
3. Snow Patrol, “The Lightning Strike.” I first heard this song when I was in college, and it’s one of those songs that once you hear it, you feel like you’ve always known it, because it just fits that perfectly with you! This one I listened to a lot (mostly the beginning section, “What If the Storm Ends”) while I was writing scenes where I had to visualize a lot of moving pieces—a ball or the massive fireworks celebration towards the end. I really like music that makes me feel like I’m envisioning a movie in my head, and this is definitely that kind of music.
4. Alt-J, “Tessellate.” This is one of my favorite songs to write kissing to (I have many.) There’s something really physical and raw about the way he sings and breathes in the song, and it reminds me of how intimate the act of kissing is—sharing air and sharing space. Alt-J actually has a lot of fantastic kissing songs, now that I think about it.
5. Sonic Area, “Never Ever More.” This is a creepy song. This is my dead bodies song. Whenever it was time for me to think about dead bodies, I’d turn on Music for Ghosts.
6. Melanie Martinez, “Toxic.” I’m a huge Britney fan, and this cover just gave me the chills, it was discordant and girlish all at once—which was why it was a perfect Cara Westoff song.
7. Ben Howard, “Call Me Maybe.” This is another chill-inducing cover that I played on repeat, especially with David and Madeline scenes that would have both elements of conflict and connection, which is what I hear so much of in this version of the song.
And that’s my essential Jubilee Manor playlist!
Jubilee Manor Book Playlist
I had a
lot of songs that I listened to while writing Jubilee Manor, and while some of it was the same music I listened
to with Landry Park, a lot of it was
very different since Jubilee Manor,
in a lot of ways, is a much darker and more violent book. And these are in no particular order, since I
listened to all of them a million times!
1. Ludovico Einaudi, any song from Divenire or In a Time Lapse. There’s
something so sweeping and cinematic about Ludovico’s music that just makes it
perfect for writing fiction. His music
sweeps from urgency to beauty to quiet reflection, much in the way that my
brain progressed while writing Jubilee
Manor.
2. Dario Marianelli, Jane Eyre. This haunting soundtrack is full of introspection and raw emotion, toggling between a lonely piano and a lonely violin. I probably listened to this soundtrack a thousand times while figuring out the initial storyline for Jubilee Manor, and I think something of the fear and longing in the music can be felt in certain parts of the book.
3. Snow Patrol, “The Lightning Strike.” I first heard this song when I was in college, and it’s one of those songs that once you hear it, you feel like you’ve always known it, because it just fits that perfectly with you! This one I listened to a lot (mostly the beginning section, “What If the Storm Ends”) while I was writing scenes where I had to visualize a lot of moving pieces—a ball or the massive fireworks celebration towards the end. I really like music that makes me feel like I’m envisioning a movie in my head, and this is definitely that kind of music.
4. Alt-J, “Tessellate.” This is one of my favorite songs to write kissing to (I have many.) There’s something really physical and raw about the way he sings and breathes in the song, and it reminds me of how intimate the act of kissing is—sharing air and sharing space. Alt-J actually has a lot of fantastic kissing songs, now that I think about it.
5. Sonic Area, “Never Ever More.” This is a creepy song. This is my dead bodies song. Whenever it was time for me to think about dead bodies, I’d turn on Music for Ghosts.
6. Melanie Martinez, “Toxic.” I’m a huge Britney fan, and this cover just gave me the chills, it was discordant and girlish all at once—which was why it was a perfect Cara Westoff song.
7. Ben Howard, “Call Me Maybe.” This is another chill-inducing cover that I played on repeat, especially with David and Madeline scenes that would have both elements of conflict and connection, which is what I hear so much of in this version of the song.
And that’s my essential Jubilee Manor playlist!
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| photo by Ritu Nanos |
Bethany is a a former librarian living in the Kansas City area
with her husband and two children.
Her debut novel Landry Park came out from
Dial/Penguin in 2014, and the sequel, Jubilee Manor, will be out August
11, 2015. She is am represented by Mollie Glick of Foundry Media.
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