FOLLOW THE LEADER
Nov 24, 2020
3 minutes
BY KIRSTIN FAWCETT
ERIK LARSON IS A BESTSELLING WRITER, but he’s a father first and foremost: “My three daughters tend to see me as the king of anxiety,” he laughs. While researching London in World War II, Larson envisioned parenting amid the looming threat of German invasion. “How do you go about dealing with that?” he wondered. This question partially inspired his latest work, The Splendid. The book debuted in February; since then, it’s spent more than six months on the weekly Best Sellers List for Nonfiction.
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