“Harriet’s a trooper,” says Sanderson. “I tried to be as respectful as was possible, letting her take the lead.” At some of the signings, if McDougal was present, he would ask her to do the reading. “That was really fun,” he says. “Harriet was in control, though there were some hard times for her. Most of them came during the process of working on the book. When it was time to go out and promote the book, I think she just put her best face forward, and I didn’t really see any of the troubles that I’m sure she was feeling.”
Sanderson acknowledges what a terrible thing it is to lose someone close to you, “yet at the same time, Jim’s writing was part of what drew them together in the first place. So I think I saw her finding a bit of solace in it.”
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