A Place Like This by Sally Buffington

When newly engaged Sally Buffington is introduced to Craigville, she meets an expansive Cape Cod cottage that is virtually a family member itself. She quickly finds herself competing for airtime among the talkative, assured band of brothers and her new mother-in-law—the cottage’s lively and confounding matriarch.

Sally, a Cape Cod local, soon wonders how she’ll ever maintain her independence, let alone her sense of self when the day’s agenda and every detail is already set in stone. But, she navigates her new life with quiet persistence and a boundless curiosity that guides her to explore life through the creative lens of her camera and her pen.

Sally writes with a whimsical candor that is both honest and humorous. Through poetic prose and heart-felt reflection, A Place Like This reveals the beauty of Cape Cod and shows us that sometimes the simplest of moments bring us the most lasting joy.

Interview With The Author

Q: What books are on your nightstand?
In my corner right now:
Lady in Waiting, Anne Glenconner
The Wisdom of Donkeys, Andy Merrifield
Lady Bird Johnson: Hiding in Plain Sight, Julia Sweig
The Invention of Nature, Andrea Wulf
The Janus Stone, Elly Griffiths (Ruth Galloway mystery)
Always some novel by Barbara Pym

Q: What was the last great book/play/poem you read?
The Makioka Sisters Junichiro Tanizaki

Q: If you could give a piece of advice to your younger self, what would it be?
That writing would take far more quiet concentrated time. I always had a project,
even a well-planned one, but had to learn how to center down. Though my previous
career in music trained me in discipline, now what I needed was connected, creative
thinking on my own, rather than at someone’s behest or for a performance.

Q: What writing resources have been most helpful to you?
The Writing Center! My own writing group, found through a friend. Poets and Writers of San Diego.

Q: Which of your life experiences have shaped you most as a writer?
Letter writing and keeping a journal. “Always has her nose in a book.” The perpetual push/pull of my Massachusetts origin and California living.

Q: What was the first piece of writing you shared with someone else?
The first piece of writing I shared with someone else? A poem, with either my husband or my mother.

Q: Where can we learn more about you and follow you online?

Facebook: S.W.Buffington Author
Instagram: @SallyBuffingtonAuthor