Thérèse Soukar Chehade on Truth in Historical Fiction

Today, we hear from Thérèse Soukar Chehade, whose second novel, WE WALKED ON, will be published in September. We’re talking to Therese about truth in historical fiction.Watch a recording here. This audio/video version is available for one week. Missed it? Check out the podcast version above or on your favorite podcast platform.To find Chehade’s debut and many other books by our authors, visit our Bookshop page. Looking for a writing community? Join our Facebook page. Born in Beirut, Thérèse Soukar Chehade moved to the United States in 1983 during the Lebanese Civil War. Her first novel, Loom, was published in 2010 and won the 2011 Arab American Award for fiction. It portrays a Lebanese-American family struggling to reckon with their memories of the civil war during a Vermont blizzard in which the family’s matriarch ventures out to help a mysterious neighbor, forcing everyone in the family to follow. Her second novel, We Walked On, will be published by Regal House in September. It tells the story of a thirty-something Arabic teacher and his bookish student as their lives spiral out of control following the outbreak of the war in 1975. Thérèse lives in Granby, Massachusetts.  This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit 7amnovelist.substack.com