>> WHAT A LOVELY AND TALENTED MAN. MAN. >> WE'LL GO OUR "GMA" BOOK CLUB. >> WE'LL GO OUR "GMA" BOOK CLUB. IT IS ABOUT TWO ESTRANGED IT IS ABOUT TWO ESTRANGED SISTERS FORCED TO WORK TOGETHER SISTERS FORCED TO WORK TOGETHER UNCOVERING MAGICAL BOOKS. UNCOVERING MAGICAL BOOKS. AUTHOR EMMA TUR IS JOINING US AUTHOR EMMA TUR IS JOINING US LIVE. LIVE. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BEING THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BEING HERE. HERE. WE ARE SO EXCITED TO TALK ABOUT WE ARE SO EXCITED TO TALK ABOUT THIS BOOK. THIS BOOK. THIS IS YOUR FIRST BOOK AND THIS IS YOUR FIRST BOOK AND DEBUT NOVEL, WHAT IS IT LIKE DEBUT NOVEL, WHAT IS IT LIKE HAVING IT OUT IN THE WORLD? HAVING IT OUT IN THE WORLD? >> IT IS EXCITING, SURREAL, AND >> IT IS EXCITING, SURREAL, AND YOU KNOW I GREW UP AT A TIME YOU KNOW I GREW UP AT A TIME BEFORE SMARTPHONES, I USED TO BEFORE SMARTPHONES, I USED TO SPEND HOURS AND HOURS LYING SPEND HOURS AND HOURS LYING AROUND READING. AROUND READING. I AM HOPING THAT I CAN GIVE THAT I AM HOPING THAT I CAN GIVE THAT EXPERIENCE TO RARED I AM HOPING THAT I CAN GIVE THAT EXPERIENCE TO RAREADERS. EXPERIENCE TO RAREADERS. THAT EXCITEMENT WHERE YOU ARE THAT EXCITEMENT WHERE YOU ARE TOTALLY HOOKED IN A BOOK. TOTALLY HOOKED IN A BOOK. >> AND ESPECIALLY WITH A >> AND ESPECIALLY WITH A PHYSICAL BOOK. PHYSICAL BOOK. YOU JUST LOVE THAT. YOU JUST LOVE THAT. >> THE TANGIBLES AND THE PAGES >> THE TANGIBLES AND THE PAGES AND THE WHOLE THING AND THE WHOLE THING >> YOU SAID YOU WROTE THIS BOOK >> YOU SAID YOU WROTE THIS BOOK TO MAKE YOUR SISTER HAPPY. TO MAKE YOUR SISTER HAPPY. >> YEP. >> YEP. WHAT DID YOUR SISTER THINK? WHAT DID YOUR SISTER THINK? >> WELL, MY SISTER LOVES THE >> WELL, MY SISTER LOVES THE BOOK. BOOK. MY DREAM CAME TRUE. MY DREAM CAME TRUE. I WROTE HER FAVORITE BOOK. I WROTE HER FAVORITE BOOK. IT WORKED. IT WORKED. >> GOOD. >> GOOD. >> YOUR NEXT QUESTION, WE HAVE >> YOUR NEXT QUESTION, WE HAVE TALKED ABOUT WHO'S WHO THIS THE TALKED ABOUT WHO'S WHO THIS THE BOOK. BOOK. THERE IS BOTH OF US IN BOTH OF THERE IS BOTH OF US IN BOTH OF THE SISTERS AND NEITHER OF US THE SISTERS AND NEITHER OF US ARE REALLY THAT MUCH LIKE THEM. ARE REALLY THAT MUCH LIKE THEM. >> GOOD ANSWER. >> GOOD ANSWER. >> YEAH, DIPLOMATIC ANSWER. >> YEAH, DIPLOMATIC ANSWER. YEAH. YEAH. WE LOVE OUR PARTNERSHIP WITH WE LOVE OUR PARTNERSHIP WITH LITTLE FREE LIBRARY AND TO GET LITTLE FREE LIBRARY AND TO GET OUR "GMA" BOOK CLUB COPIES OUR "GMA" BOOK CLUB COPIES ACROSS THE COUNTRY. ACROSS THE COUNTRY. WE HAVE A QUESTION FOR YOU THIS WE HAVE A QUESTION FOR YOU THIS MORNING, THIS COMES FROM LIBRARY MORNING, THIS COMES FROM LIBRARY STEWARD IN FLORIDA, HER NAME IS STEWARD IN FLORIDA, HER NAME IS MEGAN McBRIAN. MEGAN McBRIAN. >> I AM SO IN LOVE OF THE IDEA >> I AM SO IN LOVE OF THE IDEA OF FAMILIES PROTECTING BOOKS. OF FAMILIES PROTECTING BOOKS. EMMA, TELL ME HOW THIS IDEA CAME EMMA, TELL ME HOW THIS IDEA CAME TO YOU. TO YOU. >> IT STARTED WITH THE SISTERS >> IT STARTED WITH THE SISTERS AND THE RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN AND THE RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN THEM. THEM. AS I WAS WRITING, I WAS THINKING AS I WAS WRITING, I WAS THINKING A LOT ABOUT FAMILY, AND A LOT ABOUT FAMILY, AND INHERITANCE AND WHAT YOU PASS INHERITANCE AND WHAT YOU PASS DOWN. DOWN. I WAS THINKING A BOOKS AS A I WAS THINKING A BOOKS AS A SOURCE OF POWER BUT ALSO A SOURCE OF POWER BUT ALSO A RESOURCE AND THINKING ABOUT WHO RESOURCE AND THINKING ABOUT WHO DETERMINES WHO GETS ACCESS TO DETERMINES WHO GETS ACCESS TO RESOURCES AND I AM THINKING RESOURCES AND I AM THINKING ABOUT THAT AND THE VEIN OF ABOUT THAT AND THE VEIN OF INHERITANCE AND FAMILY AND ALL INHERITANCE AND FAMILY AND ALL OF THAT. OF THAT. IT ALL CAME TOGETHER BUT IT IT ALL CAME TOGETHER BUT IT REALLY STARTED WITH THE SISTERS REALLY STARTED WITH THE SISTERS IN THAT FAMILY STORY. IN THAT FAMILY STORY. >> AWESOME. >> AWESOME. >> CONGRATULATIONS TO YOU. >> CONGRATULATIONS TO YOU. >> BRAVO. >> BRAVO. >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH. >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME. THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME. >> "SISTERS TRIBE" IS OUT NOW. >> "SISTERS TRIBE" IS OUT NOW. START READING AND CATCH MORE OF