The Author of "A Gronking To Remember" Gives Her First Interview
Slate: Why Rob Gronkowski?
Lacey Noonan: That’s a question I’ve definitely been asking myself a lot more lately as the book gets more press. I think it’s one of those things where you’re zoning out and something outlandish comes into your head and you’re like, “That’s absolutely stupid. Wait, can I do this? Should I do this? Do I dare?”
Slate: Tell me about the story’s climax, where Rob Gronkowski spikes a football into the heroine’s butt. Was that always the plan, or did that plot point sort of evolve naturally?
Noonan: It’s hard to remember exactly how it evolved. I think I just started writing it and let it go where it wanted to. I just started writing about a woman watching Gronkowski go berserk on TV. There wasn’t much plot to that, so then I added the husband. About the ending, though: I just felt the ending needed some “oomph.”
I still can’t believe this thing is real. I haven’t read the book yet. But this line right here? Tell me about the story’s climax, where Rob Gronkowski spikes a football into the heroine’s butt. I literally spit out my coffee and I wasn’t even drinking any. The book ended with Gronk spiking the football into the heroine’s butt? I don’t even know how to process that. Like the football literally goes into her asshole? Is that supposed to be sexual? #confusedbutintrigued