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The View‘s Sunny Hostin was on the hunt for the proper seashore learn when she got here to the conclusion that what she hoped to search out did not truly exist.
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“I really like seashore reads, however I by no means see seashore reads with folks of colour. I actually needed to put in writing about characters which have comparable lived experiences to my very own,” she defined to PEOPLE. “Once I would journey, I might run into the little airport bookstores, and I might search for characters of colour on the duvet — they simply did not exist. I assumed that if I used to be wanting that perhaps different folks have been wanting as nicely.”
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It was then that she determined to only write one herself.
The outcome was Summer season on the Bluffs, which focuses on “seashore communities that African Individuals have been traditionally identified to have the ability to summer time at,” she instructed The Hollywood Reporter. Hostin named Oak Bluffs at Martha’s Winery and the Hamptons’ SAC Harbor as examples.
Her thought was a smash hit with publishers. “They have been like, ‘That is what we’ve been on the lookout for. We’ve been on the lookout for this sort of various content material since you’re proper. Individuals need to learn this,’” she recalled of the assembly. “And I used to be off to the races.”
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Although the novel is fictional, the TV star revealed she used her “personal experiences as a body of reference,” including she additionally “used quite a lot of my associates as prototypes for it.”
“There’s one thing for each era on this e book, very similar to The View,” she insisted.
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Hostin famous that the e book additionally has themes of colorism, racism and sexism.
“I needed to inform a narrative with Black and Latino characters, entrance and heart, and fill a void as a result of there may be such a void in that area,” she shared. “I am actually excited as a result of the few those that I’ve despatched the e book to have been like, ‘Oh my God, I used to be so thirsty for this.'”
“I believe, presently in our nation, particularly, folks need one thing enjoyable and horny with sand and secrets and techniques,” Hostin continued. “And I am simply glad to have tapped into it on the proper time.”
Summer season on the Bluffs is accessible now.