Tuesday, March 20, 1934
Daily Ncbraskan
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incoln novelist writes 'feminist romance'
By Joan Kcrinek
A book which originated at UNL was at the top of
a best-seller list for six weeks, said the book's author,
a UNL alumna.
Catherine Kid well's Dear Stranger is the expand
ed version ofher master's thesis entitled Hie Woman
I Am.
Dear Stranger was at the top of the Los Angeles
Times best-seller list for six weeks. The novel came
out in hardcover in February 1933 and in paperback
in January, Kidwell said.
The book has been published in 12 forms, and
most recently was translated into Swedish, Kidwell
said. Publication of the thesis project both in the
United States and England has made Kidwell the
first person from UNL to achieve such simultaneous
publication.
Kid well's writing career began in 1969 when she
entered college as a freshman at the same time as
her daughter, Jane. Ten years later she had earned a
bachelor of fine arts degree in art, a master of arts
degree in English and a publishable thesis. This
experience "opened up a whole new world," she said.
The thesis Ttie Woman I Am was published, and
Kidwell wrote a sequel to it with which she had little
luck, she said. She put the two novels together and
thus, Dear Stranger was born. It took about six
year's to write the entire book, she said.
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own life. Although some of the character's stages
occur at an age Kidwell can identify with, she said,
the story is fiction.
The story takes place in a town called Lancaster
which portrays Lincoln during World War II, Kid
well said. There is even a chapter about ROTC on the
UNL campus during the Vietnam era, she said.
The story centers on a young couple who meet
during World War II, and marry. The husband is
sent to England, and after two years of correspond
ing, they divorce. Thirty years later, they meet again.
The first part of the book is nostalgic since it starts
in the 1910's, Kid well said. But all ages seem to enjoy
the book, she said.
Describing her book as a "feminist romance,"
Kidwell said Dear Stranger involves feminism, ro
mance and older women. The book gave her "a
chance to say that these three things could go
together," she said.
Kidwell has an agent in New York, N.Y., who
promotes the book. A year ago, she toured 14 major
cities to promote the book herself, she said.
What does it feel like to write a best seller? Kidwell
said it is thrilling to know that hundreds of thous
ands of people have read her book.
"I feel my fantasies have come true," Kidwell said.
Kidwell said her writing style is economical be
cause is is not wordy, preachy or redundant. She
tries to get inside her characters and project what
they are feeling, she said.
She has always liked to write, she said.
"I was writing stories in the second grade," she
said.
Currently, Kidwell teaches an adult fiction writ
ing course at Southeast Community College. She
also is trying to adapt Dear Stranger as a screen
play. Other books are in the works, Kidwell said. One is
a "how-to" book about writing quality fiction, she
said.
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a vehicle.
5:35 p.m. Two-car non-injury accident reported
at the entrance to Parking Area 1 near Cather Hall
on North 17th Street.
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