Someone asked me – they always do ask, and in this media-saturated world, when everyone is shouting for your attention, who can blame them? – anyway, this person wanted a one-sentence description of Under the Poppy: not what it’s about but what it is.  And this was mine. riffing from a friend (hi, Deb!) who called it “so rich and dark that it is like a piece of expensive chocolate!”  Perhaps we ought to serve both at the publication party?