and carole radziwill is joining us now. you. >> your first book very different than this. >> what remains is your memoir based on the death of your husband and now you move to fiction. >> yeah. which was easier? >> you know, when i was writing the memoir, i thought it would be so much easier to write fiction because you could make it up but actually fiction is a lot harder because you're only limited by your imagination so that's daunting and you can always second-guess yourself, i can make this better, more interesting but i loved doing it and, you know, i loved creating the characters and so it was -- >> i have to tell you i just kept dipping back and forth. knowing a little bit i kept thinking, is this fiction or is this not? are these just -- >> no, you know, it really is fiction obviously. i was a young widow and people identify clair with me and that's great. i think i'm a little bit of all of the cashes but most writers write about what they know and your observations and experiences but also your imagination. >> it'