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Joyce Maynard joins Carol Fitzgerald for a "Bookaccino Live" Book Group discussion about her latest novel, COUNT THE WAYS. They were joined by two readers who shared questions on screen, and then they went to audience questions. Joyce is now writing the sequel to COUNT THE WAYS, so she was very interested in what readers loved about it and what they thought should happen to the characters. She also shared news about her original story that is now available, THE INFLUENCER.

Books mentioned in this interview:

COUNT THE WAYS by Joyce Maynard: https://www.bookreporter.com/reviews/...

Register for our next webinar here: https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regis...

More Bookreporter Talks To:

Thrity Umrigar: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=295H-...

Alli Frank and Asha Youmans: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4kvcZ... Lynda Cohen Loigman: https://youtu.be/4bdC9IDT5rg

Sally Koslow: https://youtu.be/pueqZogCswk

Casey Sherman: https://youtu.be/SdohyNr6zqc

Bonnie Garmus: https://youtu.be/SR2ApTICYKc

Check out our Bookaccino Book Club live events!

Marie Benedict and Victoria Christopher Murray: https://youtu.be/rYelwWiTJbE

Janet Skeslien Charles: https://youtu.be/47Sx9DtcAkA

Lisa Scottoline: https://youtu.be/-SCBGFZeoaM

Lisa See: https://youtu.be/SdfiOwpBJ2s

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Photography Credit: Greg Fitzgerald

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Thrity Umrigar joins Carol Fitzgerald to talk about her latest book (her 10th), HONOR, which has just been published in paperback. Carol first read Thrity’s novel, THE SPACE BETWEEN US, back in 2006, which made a big impression on her. The same can be said of HONOR.

Thrity talks about the reporting that Ellen Berry did for the New York Times that drew her to want to tell the story of Smita, an Indian-born reporter who has been asked to cover a story for a colleague. Smita left India as a child, and she has been reluctant to return. She will be covering the trial of two brothers. They have been charged with killing the husband of their sister, Meena, who in the wake of this tragedy has been horrifically burned. The reason for the crime? Meena’s family is Hindu, and her husband was Muslim. In this village, such merging of cultures is unacceptable. Thrity talks about the difference between life in the city and the smaller villages. She also shares that she always sees a story right from the start and parses it out as she writes.

And before you feel that this interview was all intellectual, do note that Carol confesses to watching both “Fabulous Lives of Bollywood Wives” and “Indian Matchmaking” on Netflix. Thrity chides her about it.

Books mentioned in this interview:

HONOR by Thrity Umrigar:

https://www.bookreporter.com/reviews/honor-by-thrity-umrigar/about

More Bookreporter Talks To:

Bonnie Garmus: https://youtu.be/SR2ApTICYKc

Jennifer Hillier: https://youtu.be/Z4B8o7LKcsg

Katie Runde: https://youtu.be/GQHnE1NmXks

Meg Mitchell Moore: https://youtu.be/xS_qePvq2Xg

Tom Perrotta: https://youtu.be/1WTvmf5mB3o

Julie Clark: https://youtu.be/V_hvOAJO7ME

Check out our "Bookaccino Live" Book Group events!

Lisa Scottoline: https://youtu.be/-SCBGFZeoaM

Lisa See: https://youtu.be/SdfiOwpBJ2s

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Photography Credit: Greg Fitzgerald

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Alli Frank and Asha Youmans talk to Carol Fitzgerald about their first two novels, TINY IMPERFECTIONS and NEVER MEANT TO MEET YOU, both of which are Bookreporter Bets On selections. Both books are sharply smart and full of comedic timing (Carol laughed out loud reading both) as readers see both dialogue and inner monologue from characters. Alli and Asha once worked together in a tony private school; Alli was a kindergarten teacher, and Asha was an administrator. Each often said, “If I ever write a book.” And then one day they joined to do just that. They talk about their co-writing process. And they share how their different backgrounds - Alli is white and Jewish, Asha is Black and Baptist - inform their writing realistic characters. At a time when diversity is being touted in publishing, Alli and Asha are creating characters that talk the talk - and make you laugh.

Books mentioned in this interview:

TINY IMPERFECTIONS by Alli Frank and Asha Youmans: https://www.bookreporter.com/reviews/...

and

NEVER MEANT TO MEET YOU by Alli Frank and Asha Youmans: https://www.bookreporter.com/reviews/...

More Bookreporter Talks To:

Lynda Cohen Loigman: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4bdC9...

Sally Koslow: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pueqZ...

Casey Sherman: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sdohy...

Bonnie Garmus: https://youtu.be/SR2ApTICYKc

Jennifer Hillier: https://youtu.be/Z4B8o7LKcsg

Katie Runde: https://youtu.be/GQHnE1NmXks

Check out our "Bookaccino Live" Book Group events!

Marie Benedict and Victoria Christopher Murray: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rYelw...

Lisa Scottoline: https://youtu.be/-SCBGFZeoaM

Lisa See: https://youtu.be/SdfiOwpBJ2s

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Photography Credit: Greg Fitzgerald

Video Edited by Jordan Redd

Marie Benedict and Victoria Christopher Murray join Carol Fitzgerald for a "Bookaccino Live" Book Group discussion about their New York Times bestseller, THE PERSONAL LIBRARIAN. They were joined by five readers who shared questions on screen, before they went to audience questions. Marie and Victoria commented that they had not heard many of the questions asked, and the discussion was lively as they shared some of their research that was not in the book.

They also talked about how they worked together, and their next book, THE FIRST LADIES coming next June.

Books mentioned in this interview:

THE PERSONAL LIBRARIAN by Marie Benedict and Victoria Christopher Murray: https://www.bookreporter.com/reviews/...

More Bookreporter Talks To:

Bonnie Garmus: https://youtu.be/SR2ApTICYKc

Jennifer Hillier: https://youtu.be/Z4B8o7LKcsg

Katie Runde: https://youtu.be/GQHnE1NmXks

Meg Mitchell Moore: https://youtu.be/xS_qePvq2Xg

Tom Perrotta: https://youtu.be/1WTvmf5mB3o

Julie Clark: https://youtu.be/V_hvOAJO7ME

Check out our "Bookaccino Live" Book Group events!

Lisa Scottoline: https://youtu.be/-SCBGFZeoaM

Lisa See: https://youtu.be/SdfiOwpBJ2s

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Photography Credit: Greg Fitzgerald

Produced by Jordan Redd Media

Lynda Cohen Loigman joins Carol Fitzgerald to talk about her new historical novel, THE MATCHMAKER’S GIFT. Lynda was writing something else when Lynda’s daughter brought her roommate home when their college classes shut down during the pandemic. The three of them ended up watching “Indian Matchmaking” on Netflix, and the roommate piped up and said that her grandmother had been a matchmaker. This sparked an idea for Lynda. Suddenly she found herself casting the book that she was writing aside to tell the story of a Jewish matchmaker who had been born in 1910, along with that of the matchmaker’s granddaughter, a divorce lawyer in 1994.

THE MATCHMAKER’S GIFT is laced with lots of historical details about matchmaking and Rabbinical courts, and is peppered with Yiddish expressions. Lynda talks about how she nails her storytelling --- and shares wonderful details about how she approached her research.

Books mentioned in this interview:

THE MATCHMAKER’S GIFT by Lynda Cohen Loigman: https://www.bookreporter.com/reviews/the-matchmakers-gift

More Bookreporter Talks To:

Bonnie Garmus: https://youtu.be/SR2ApTICYKc

Jennifer Hillier: https://youtu.be/Z4B8o7LKcsg

Katie Runde: https://youtu.be/GQHnE1NmXks

Meg Mitchell Moore: https://youtu.be/xS_qePvq2Xg

Tom Perrotta: https://youtu.be/1WTvmf5mB3o

Julie Clark: https://youtu.be/V_hvOAJO7ME

Check out our "Bookaccino Live" Book Group events!

Lisa Scottoline: https://youtu.be/-SCBGFZeoaM

Lisa See: https://youtu.be/SdfiOwpBJ2s

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Photography Credit: Greg Fitzgerald

Audio Produced by Jordan Redd Productions

Sally Koslow joins Carol Fitzgerald to talk about her latest novel, THE REAL MRS. TOBIAS, which explores three generations of a family living in New York City. They are three very different women, and their interactions with each other make for strong storytelling. Aside from their own stories, they are contending with the possible backlash of a traffic incident that the grandson, son and husband drove away from without exploring its consequences.  

Sally and Carol met decades ago when they both worked at Mademoiselle magazine. They talk about Sally's career as a novelist and nonfiction writer since then, as well as reminisce about what magazines used to be.

Books mentioned in this interview: THE REAL MRS. TOBIAS by Sally Koslow: https://www.bookreporter.com/reviews/...

More Bookreporter Talks To:

Bonnie Garmus: https://youtu.be/SR2ApTICYKc

Jennifer Hillier: https://youtu.be/Z4B8o7LKcsg

Katie Runde: https://youtu.be/GQHnE1NmXks

Meg Mitchell Moore: https://youtu.be/xS_qePvq2Xg

Tom Perrotta: https://youtu.be/1WTvmf5mB3o

Julie Clark: https://youtu.be/V_hvOAJO7ME

Check out our "Bookaccino Live" Book Group events!

Lisa Scottoline: https://youtu.be/-SCBGFZeoaM

Lisa See: https://youtu.be/SdfiOwpBJ2s

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Photography Credit: Greg Fitzgerald

Edited by Jordan Redd

Casey Sherman talks to Carol Fitzgerald about HELLTOWN: The Untold Story of a Serial Killer on Cape Cod. Casey gives readers a real 360-view of the heinous crimes committed by Tony Costa in the summer of 1969 when young women were not just murdered, they also were dismembered and violated after their deaths. With the national story of the Manson murders, and the local story of Ted Kennedy and Chappaquiddick, Costa’s rampage never made widespread news, but it has a long and storied history on the Cape.

Casey shares how he came upon the idea of writing this book and his extensive research project, which included seeing some photos with images that are hard to get out of his mind. Also layered into the story are two literary legends --- Kurt Vonnegut and Norman Mailer --- each of whom competed to write about these murders, and the rivalry between them. He also talks about the film adaptation of HELLTOWN, which was signed even before the book was done.

Books mentioned in this interview:

HELLTOWN by Casey Sherman: https://www.bookreporter.com/reviews

More Bookreporter Talks To:

Jennifer Hillier: https://youtu.be/Z4B8o7LKcsg

Katie Runde: https://youtu.be/GQHnE1NmXks

Meg Mitchell Moore: https://youtu.be/xS_qePvq2Xg

Tom Perrotta: https://youtu.be/1WTvmf5mB3o

Julie Clark: https://youtu.be/V_hvOAJO7ME

Check out our "Bookaccino Live" Book Group events!

Lisa Scottoline: https://youtu.be/-SCBGFZeoaM

Lisa See: https://youtu.be/SdfiOwpBJ2s

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Photography Credit: Greg Fitzgerald

Video Edited by Jordan Redd

Bonnie Garmus talks to Carol Fitzgerald about her debut novel, LESSONS IN CHEMISTRY, which has been getting a ton of buzz since it came out in April. It was a “Good Morning America” Book Club selection for April and an instant New York Times bestseller. Bonnie shares that one day she walked away from a meeting, headed to her desk, and banged out the first chapter of the book --- and explains what inspired that. She also talks about Elizabeth Zott being a character in an earlier book draft, where her role was not part of the main storyline, and why she loves writing her. She studied chemistry to write this book and brought on chemist friends to check her work lest the publisher’s copywriters needed to brush up on their science skills. She discusses why she wanted to set the book against the timing of the late ’50s and ’60s. Carol guesses why Bonnie’s dog is named 99; Bonnie likes her idea, but that is not the reason. They also explore the rest of the characters, including the amazing dog Six-Thirty.

Books mentioned in this interview:

LESSONS IN CHEMISTRY by Bonnie Garmus: https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/677234/lessons-in-chemistry-by-bonnie-garmus/

More Bookreporter Talks To:

Katie Runde: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GQHnE...

Meg Mitchell Moore: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xS_qe...

Tom Perrotta: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1WTvm...

Julie Clark: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V_hvO…

Check out our Bookaccino Book Club live events!

Lisa Scottoline: https://youtu.be/-SCBGFZeoaM

Lisa See: https://youtu.be/SdfiOwpBJ2s

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Photography Credit: Greg Fitzgerald

Produced by Jordan Redd Productions

Jennifer Hillier talks to Carol Fitzgerald about her latest thriller, THINGS WE DO IN THE DARK, set in the 1990s. They talk about how the technology of the time period affected the way the characters communicated with each other. They delve into the characters relationships with one another, and how this changes throughout the novel.

Books mentioned in this interview:

THINGS WE DO IN THE DARK by Jennifer Hillier: https://jenniferhillierbooks.com/book...

More Bookreporter Talks To:

Katie Runde: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GQHnE...

Meg Mitchel Moore: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xS_qe...

Tom Perrotta: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1WTvm...

Julie Clark: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V_hvO…

Check out our Bookaccino Book Club live events!

Lisa Scottoline: https://youtu.be/-SCBGFZeoaM

Lisa See: https://youtu.be/SdfiOwpBJ2s

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Photography Credit: Greg Fitzgerald

Video Edited by Jordan Redd

Katie Runde talks to Carol Fitzgerald about her debut novel, THE SHORE, which is set at the Jersey Shore. They talk about how her life influenced the writing of this book, as well as how the storytelling evolved over the years. They also share stories about the different towns that encompass the shore and how each town has its own personality. And they delve into the characters --- and how they grow during the course of the book.

Books mentioned in this interview:

The Shore by Katie Runde: https://www.simonandschuster.com/books/The-Shore/Katie-Runde/9781982180171

More Bookreporter Talks To:

Julie Clark: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V_hvO...

Janet Skeslien Charles: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=47Sx9...

Chris Pavone: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SkicM...

Check out our Bookaccino Book Club live events!

Lisa Scottoline: https://youtu.be/-SCBGFZeoaM

Lisa See: https://youtu.be/SdfiOwpBJ2s

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Photography Credit: Greg Fitzgerald

Podcast produced by Jordan Redd Media