#1 Internationally Bestselling Author! Marian Keyes, MY FAVORITE MISTAKE
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Zibby Owens
4.5 • 643 Ratings
🗓️ 14 August 2024
⏱️ 28 minutes
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Summary
Zibby chats with #1 internationally bestselling author Marian Keyes about MY FAVORITE MISTAKE, a warm-hearted and deftly plotted page-turner about a woman who, in full mid-life crisis mode, switches Manhattan and a big-deal PR job for the Irish town of Maumtully, where she helps her old friends set up a luxury retreat… and bumps into an old flame. Marian delves into her novel’s themes of aging, midlife love, regret, and self-forgiveness. Then, she shares reflections on her own life, including her decision to pursue IVF and her experience as an alcoholic in recovery.
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| 0:00.0 | Hi, I'm Zivie Owens, and I am the host of this podcast. Moms don't have time to read books. |
| 0:08.1 | I am also a newly minted USA Today bestselling author of the novel, Blank. |
| 0:14.2 | I've created a whole community of book lovers around this podcast, a publishing company, reading retreats, a bookstore, and more. |
| 0:21.9 | Learn more at Zivimedia.com or follow me on social at Zibby Owens or join the community at |
| 0:28.4 | Zibby Readers. |
| 0:31.4 | Marion Keyes is the author of my favorite mistake. |
| 0:34.7 | Marion is the internationally bestselling author of Watermelon, Lucy Sullivan |
| 0:40.1 | is getting married, Rachel's holiday, Last Chance Saloon, Sushi for Beginners, Angels, |
| 0:45.2 | the other side of the story, anybody out there, this charming man, the brightest star in the |
| 0:49.7 | sky, the mystery of mercy close, the woman who stole my life and the break. |
| 0:54.6 | Her journalism collected under two titles, making it up as I go along, and Under the Duve, |
| 1:00.4 | deluxe edition, containing the original publications under the duvet and further under the duvet, |
| 1:06.9 | are also available from Penguin, UK. |
| 1:09.6 | Marianne lives in Dublin with her husband. |
| 1:11.9 | Welcome, Marian. |
| 1:12.9 | Thank you for coming back on Mom's Don't Have Time to read books to discuss my favorite mistake. |
| 1:18.1 | Thank you for having me back. |
| 1:19.7 | Oh, it's my pleasure. |
| 1:21.3 | Okay, tell listeners about your latest book. |
| 1:23.9 | Okay, it's a sort of a midlife pivot book. |
| 1:44.7 | It's about a long-term relationship between two people that's gone on for almost 20 years. And it's been all, you know, they've had a series of almost. They've sort of been in love with each other for most of that time, but never really simultaneously. And then they both got married to other people. |
| 1:47.9 | And now there, Anna is in her late 40s. |
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