From Monday, July 21, through Friday, July 25, I’ll be spending time online each day answering readers' questions at Center Stage, the new event venue at bn.com. In anticipation, I spent a while on the phone yesterday with my contact there, Maria Hoffman, who guided me through the process, from login to reading and replying to questions. I’ve done this before, so it came back quickly. Very easy, actually.

Not so easy is focusing on Suddenly, which is the book being headlined for this chat and the one that readers may (or may not, if they’ve read my newer work) focus on. Suddenly was originally published in 1994, which means I wrote it in 1993. It was recently issued in hardcover for the first time, hence its focus during the chat. But, all these years later, what do I remember of the book?

Well, I remember that my main characters are pediatricians in practice together, and that my original title was Mara’s Story, since the book opens with one of those doctors, Mara, dying under circumstances that suggest suicide. I remember that some of the book is set at a gorgeous New England prep school, that it involves the adoption of a precious baby, and that there is a kitten. Oh, and I remember Paige and Noah.

Too many of the details, though, I just can’t recall, and you can bet that visitors to the chat room will ask about those. So guess what I’ll be doing this weekend? Rereading Suddenly. Why not do the same yourself, then log on here and join me? I’d love to answer your questions, about Suddenly or any other of my books!