I’ve had conversations with psychologists about attachment. The idea that you will have this rush of love and look at the baby and think, “I’m in love” is almost a folktale in itself. What was it like to get into your main character’s thought process through that kind of lens? MG Your main character, Lauren, gives birth to twins, and in the first few chapters of the book, she talks about the kind of motherly love that overwhelms you. It’s actually something that occurs on its own in human society. It made me think it was more than just a Welsh folktale. There are changeling tales in every culture-Ancient cultures and living cultures-and I found that really interesting. DHĪre you inspired generally by the changeling myths? MG So, stories explained elements of life that people didn’t understand. Before we knew about psychiatry and such, there was still post-partum psychosis-just nobody knew what it was. But it was also inspired by my theory about that folktale, which is that the folktale itself would have once been an explanation for post-partum psychosis. It was inspired by the folktale that it’s sort of based on. What inspired you to write Little Darlings ? Melanie Golding (MG)
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