Easy enough, I thought at the beginning, all I have to do is explain all the years before he meets Jane. Rochester, so that we can understand where he's coming from-what's behind the things he says and does." Coming home that day, I decided to write that book, to understand for myself what is the basis for Rochester's actions. Who is he, really, and why is Jane attracted to him? Some of the group said, "Sometimes people make big mistakes in love, falling for the wrong person." Others said, "Not Jane she's too intelligent, too morally grounded, too independent." As the discussion continued in that vein, I finally thought to myself, and then said out loud, "Someone ought to write a book about Mr. Rochester, this strange and moody man who is sometimes playful and other times angry, who seems to care for Jane but romances Miss Ingram, and who, it turns out, keeps his insane wife in an upstairs apartment. Several years ago, my book group discussed Jane Eyre, and, not surprisingly, the talk drifted to Mr.
Below Shoemaker describes the inciting event that led her down the dark and brooding path. Rochester (just out from Grand Central Publishing), an intimate look at the life of one of literature's most moody men. A former university librarian, author Sara Shoemaker makes her debut with the novel Mr.
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