For the past few years, the U.S. has been in the midst of a racial reckoning, and though today’s book is a piece of fiction it is, like all fiction, a reflection of the real world that we live in. In We Are Not Like Them, a white woman (Jen) and a Black woman (Riley) are lifelong friends, nearly as close as sisters … until Jen’s policeman husband is involved in the shooting of a Black man, and journalist Riley begins covering the story.

In this episode, Nora talks with one of the book’s authors, Christine Pride, about writing a book about interracial friendship.

Wanna read the book? When you purchase from Apple Books or Bookshop.org, you help support our show!

For book discussion guides and a community of Terrible bookworms just like you, join The Terrible Reading Club on Substack! It's free!

Got a book you want to recommend? Send us a note at [email protected]. 

The Terrible Reading Club team is Nora McInerny, Claire McInerny, Megan Palmer, Marcel Malekebu, Kara Nesvig, Jordan Turgeon, and Michelle Plantan.

Our upcoming reading list can be found here.

Find all our shows and our store at feelingsand.co.

The transcript for this episode can be found here or at the episode website link.

Originally published on “Terrible, Thanks for Asking” on April 21st, 2022

Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices