7/7/2023 0 Comments Barefoot by elin hilderbrand![]() ![]() Until now, Hilderbrand’s fictional world has been largely apolitical, in so far as it’s possible for stories about young, upper-middle-class white women who sleep with rich white men to be apolitical. She has driven herself beyond the gravitational pull of the industry.” Michael Pietsch, the CEO of Hachette Book Group, which publishes Hilderbrand, tells me, “Her sales have grown with every book we’ve published, and I’ve never seen that. Over the past five years, overall book sales have been stagnant, and fiction sales have dropped 20 percent. ![]() To borrow a phrase from #resistance Twitter, of which Hilderbrand is a vocal part: This is not normal. She has written 22 best-selling novels, which have sold close to 6 million copies between them. Her covers predominantly feature people’s feet on or near sand, plus an ambiguous title in gentle, summer-toned script - The Rumor, The Perfect Couple, Barefoot, A Summer Affair. ![]() That Airbnb you rented for a long weekend in the Florida Keys or Myrtle Beach? She was there, too. You have seen her at the airport and on Target’s bookshelves. You know Elin Hilderbrand, whether you know that you know her or not. ![]()
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