The Big Door Prize, the new novel by M.O. Walsh, poses this question to its readers: What would you do if you knew your life’s potential? Characters in the small town of Deerfield, Louisiana, are faced with this question when a mysterious machine appears in the local grocery store, reading and analyzing DNA, and inevitably challenging residents to gaze inward, searching for unrealized potential.
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As as fan of Walsh’s first novel, My Sunshine Away, I was very excited to to visit with M.O. Walsh about this new novel, The Big Door Prize. Here’s our conversation:
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The Big Door Prize by M.O. Walsh is published by Dutton.
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