And that was the beginning of a glorious day. The living room filled up with flowers and people called from all over to congratulate me. I was 25 years old and hardly knew what the NYT list was. I believe Avon called me when Bride made it. They were incredibly excited about it.
Paperbacks come and go and are never seen again, etc.
I was amazed, actually. I can't remember if I did anything in celebration. I probably just sat down and shook my head in wonder. The book was Raise the Titanic and it jumped on in fourth place. The clouds parted, the sun burst through, there came the sounds of harp music, trumpets and a drum roll.