And then there's sort of just a fantastic preacher. And then she's a self-identified environmental warrior. There's Mayeve, who, as you said, is a Wiccan. For example, there's Perry, who is actually an ordained Buddhist monk. HUNEVEN: They all sort of came out of different facets of Unitarian Universalism that I've looked at. But they had to come from somewhere inside of your experience. How did you feel about these characters? I recognize you created them. SIMON: We get vignettes of the number - a number of the candidates that the committee considers. It's really whoever you are, wherever you are on your spiritual path, you're welcome. A Unitarian Universalist can believe anything. They can have ambivalent feelings about God. Unitarian Universalists are a distinct group in the religious landscape of the world. And she gets into quite a battle towards the end.
But as time goes on, she finds that she cares more than she thought she did. So she decides she's going to use it as her next book, which is a little cynical. It involves a series of procedures that will give structure to her book. The search committee comes up as a possibility. She's getting pressure to come up with her next idea. She's just finished touring for her latest book. Does Dana, however, find that she cares more about this assignment that she's kind of given herself than she thought she would? HUNEVEN: I like to think that anyone who's ever done time on a committee will find something to relate to in this book. But, oh - I mean, millions and millions of Americans will find this landscape familiar, right? - surveys, seminars, workshops. HUNEVEN: I'm always happy to talk to another James Beard Award winner. SIMON: And Michelle Huneven, the novelist and James Beard Award-winning food writer, by the way, joins us now from Altadena, Calif.
Adrian - another great night on the search committee. When done folding, Charlotte produced mailing labels - to near rebellion - but it only took 15 minutes. Belinda - that's why we'll be lucky to get even a 60% response.
Except filling out even one is too boring. Belinda - why would anyone want to? Jennie - I'd do 20 surveys so we get a woman. Discussed while folding - how people could fill out more than one survey. Belinda demoed how to fold surveys - in fourths for the order of service, in thirds for mailings. MICHELLE HUNEVEN: (Reading) Charlotte called the meeting to order, lit chalice. Let's ask Michelle Huneven, author of the new novel "Search" to read a section in which Dana takes minutes of a committee meeting. But she thinks it might be a good idea for her next book. Dana Potowski, a local restaurant critic and donkey owner, is recruited to join the search committee, even though she attends services only irregularly. The really contentious campaign is for the new minister of the Arroyo Unitarian Universalist Community Church in Southern California.
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