program. this is our special your fiction on in depth. you ll see authors this month we are pleased to have colson whitehead as our guests. his most recent book is the underground railroad. what s the appropriate response when it s praised by oprah, president obama, was the appropriate response? guest: this book is taken off in a way that s unexpected and wonderful. mostly i thank my lucky stars and i sleep a little better, i m in a better mood generally i try to enjoy it despite my best efforts. host: what is up regina better food? i ve been writing for 20 some years. sometimes you read a book and people understand and sometimes you write it and nobody cares. and it disappears. so i ve the pride and thinking i did a good job with the book. the bonus of other people liking it as well. host: your first book was intuition us. how do you sell a book like that? guest: exactly. with that book either when i send it to my age in either you dig the concept of the two grou
feedback welcome to book tv in-depth program this is our special year of fiction on in-depth. you will see authors who writes about the cia and such. we are pleased to have colson whitehead as our guest.ci mr. whitehead what is the appropriate response when your books are praised by oprah, president obama and the national book award. in a way that s unexpected and startling and wonderful. i just think my lucky stars. and they tried to enjoy it despite my best efforts. why does that put you in a better mood. i had been writing for 20 something years and it sort of disappears. the bonus of other peoplee as well. of l of theater repair people how to sell a book like that. my agentnd it to either it s too big of a concept or you don t. you are along for the ride or the description or not. my second attempt as it at a novel. in the agent the agent dumped me. they make fun of me. eventually after a year and a half of writing that i finally got it downen what sounded like an interes
i know if you are a commuter across east river, you are dreading closing o of the l -train, but a pontoon bridge, i love it, i am bill spadea, this is chasing news. how dangerous is this, utility line down around a local school, and other locations, are you are abouted about your kids? the question, who is responsible? nate with the story. reporter: behind me school 123 in queens, about 20 feet from school. appears to be an abandoned telephone cable still connected to the utility pole, 50 feet from the school, more telephone cable this time looped around, still connected to the pole. this is within arm s reach, the issue of low hanging cables is widespread, and seen. it is what residents and utility workers call dangerous. my fear is that one of the kids pull it down, or you know you could just trip and fall. in the inclement weather. how long have you seen this. they have been here since i moved in about a year. reporter: within arm s reach. yes, i duck to get
work. i wanted to start with something that is an introduction to the book at going to quote you. he said most of us have a personal connection to the work that we do. and a reset outcome you set out to discover your family. and that on our families but our puerto ricans. i think that is true for those of us who were born into as will those of us were born you. i would like to talk about the discovery of a family. can you tell me about that? guest: well, mine was a small nuclear family. i was born here in new york. living in washington heights. my mother was from puerto rico and my father was cuban. i was the only child. there was a small but hard-working you know, and my father was very pro-castro. we would have meetings, he would have like 10 or 15 people on saturday nights, my mother would make coffee and they would talk to don. it was exciting for me because i would hear all these exciting conversations about politics, latin america castor which people haven t heard abo
reporter: sleeping on her side may have helped save stephanie. the tree did not crush vital organs. i do remember them falling and chopping. they put blanket over my head to prevent dust from going into my eyes and i had an oxygen mask. reporter: she said she will never take anything for granted. no broken bones. stephanie may even be able to play college lacrosse this year. meantime, the family home is uninhabitable. we were just there. the family will be with relatives for now. outside long island s north shore university hospital in manhassett, jennifer mclogan, cbs 2 news. just incredible. jennifer, thank you so much. in other news a woman in the west village violated as she slept. police say a man scaled her building, broke into her apartment, and groped her. cbs 2 s ilana gold has more from the west village. reporter: the crime happened here on 10th street and as you can imagine people in the neighborhood are very nervous because police say the suspect broke