Author Interview: Denise Cline — The Resettlement of Vesta Blonik

Join us for an online author conversation with Denise Cline, discussing her historical novel The Resettlement of Vesta Blonik.

Hosted by Australian author Paul Rushworth-Brown, Down Under Interviews features recorded, long-form conversations with published authors, focusing on writing practice, historical context, and the development of narrative and character.

In this episode, Denise Cline speaks about The Resettlement of Vesta Blonik, a novel set during the Great Depression in Minnesota and eastern North Carolina. The story follows Vesta Blonik, left without security after the sale of her family farm, and Gordon Crenshaw, whose confinement in a state mental hospital places his future under family control. Their lives intersect through an arranged marriage, creating a shared attempt to establish stability under constrained circumstances.

Topics discussed

• Researching Depression-era rural communities
• Writing characters shaped by economic and social limits
• Structuring a historical narrative across two regions

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