Jacquelyn Mitchard was the first author to ever have a book selected for Oprah’s Book Club in 1996. Based on Oprah’s endorsement, Mitchard’s first book, The Deep End of the Ocean, sold 3 million copies in the first two years. The book was turned into a film starring Michelle Pfeiffer. Mitchard followed this success with seven other fiction books, all hitting the New York Times bestseller list, and a new book, No Time to Wave Goodbye is coming out in four weeks. Mitchard was a widow with almost no money and four kids before she launched her winning writing career. Now remarried, she has seven children. Her unexpected and incredible success is combined with an enormous devotion to her family and that is why I’m Obsessed with Jacquelyn Mitchard.

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