Abi Morgan, THIS IS NOT A PITY MEMOIR

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Zibby Owens

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4.4 • 602 Ratings

🗓️ 13 November 2022

⏱️ 32 minutes

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Summary

Zibby is joined by playwright and Emmy Award-winning screenwriter Abi Morgan to discuss her heartbreaking debut This is Not a Pity Memoir, which tells the story of how her partner Jacob woke up from a coma and didn’t believe she was the real Abi. She shares intimate details of the harrowing experience–from the hospital visits to her constant battle with the delusion that fractured her relationship. She also explains the origin of her memorable title (it started as something else!) and hints at her story's most unexpected plot twist.

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0:00.0	Hi, I'm Zivie Owens, the creator and host of the award-winning podcast that you're listening to right now.
0:07.8	Thank you so much called Moms Don't Have Time to Read Books.
0:10.7	It is a daily podcast 365 days a year, and each day we talk to an author about all of the things related to their career, their book, their life, and more in 30 minutes or
0:21.1	less, because who has time? I am now an author myself, although I wasn't when I started this
0:25.9	podcast, and you can get my new memoir, Bookends, a memoir of Love, Loss, and Literature,
0:31.8	wherever books are sold starting July 1st, and my children's book, Princess Charming. You can
0:37.4	learn more about me at Zibby Owens.com,
0:39.5	but really you're here to learn more about the authors,
0:42.3	and that is what we're going to do.
0:44.4	Also, be sure to check out all the other podcasts
0:46.9	in the ZCast Podcast Network.
0:49.4	You can learn more at ZCastnetwork.com
0:51.9	and definitely check out those shows as well.
0:58.3	Thank you. at Zcastnetwork.com and definitely check out those shows as well. Abby Morgan is the author of This Is Not a Pity Memoir.
1:02.2	Abby is a playwright and screenwriter.
1:04.1	Her plays include skinned, sleeping around, splendor, tiny dynamite, tender,
1:09.3	Fuji, 27, Love Song, and The Mistress Contract.
1:13.5	Her television works include My Fragile Heart, Murder Sex Traffic, Tsunami, The Aftermath,
1:18.8	White Girl, Royal Wedding, Birdsong, The Hour, River, and The Split.
1:23.3	Her film writing credits include Brick Lane, Iron Lady, Shame, The Invisible Woman, woman and suffragette she has a number of
1:30.0	films currently in development morgan has won a number of awards including bafters and an emmy for her film and tv work
1:37.0	abby was kind enough to do an event with me with the north castle public library which is available on
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