The Survivalists

"How often is it that books have people whose lives are a mess? Here’s another one. It’s about a lawyer. She has a messy life. She goes on a date, moves in with the guy, and gets sucked into his life in Brooklyn and ends up in a gun cult. I like that true crime aspect to things. It’s a work of fiction, but here she is, in a bad relationship. She doesn’t realize she’s come into a survivalist group and some problems are going to arise from this. How does she get her life back? Bahni Turpin narrated this, which for me closed the deal. Yes, Bahni Turpin is fantastic. I think of her as being a strong person. It was interesting to have someone who in my mind’s eye is really together playing a lawyer who’s like, ‘I’ve fallen in love with a guy and now I’m living with him and I’ve been sucked into something.’ It happens over time, so she doesn’t really realize that everything has fallen apart in her life. To hear someone like Bahni, with that strong voice, crumbling was really fascinating. There are survivalist cults everywhere! This one just happens to be in Brooklyn."