Actor-director-producer Griffin Dunne, THE FRIDAY AFTERNOON CLUB: A Family Memoir

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🗓️ 20 June 2024

⏱️ 24 minutes

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Actor and producer Griffin Dunne joins Zibby to discuss THE FRIDAY AFTERNOON CLUB, a searing and powerful portrait of his unconventional Hollywood family and a reckoning with the tragedies that exploded within it. Griffin delves into his family's painful past, including his sister Dominique’s murder and his brother’s struggles with mental illness, while reflecting on the emotional, cathartic writing process. He also touches on his friendship with Carrie Fisher and his complex relationship with his father, renowned journalist Dominick Dunne. Finally, he shares his best advice for aspiring writers.

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0:34.5	Hi, I'm Zivie Owens, and I am the host of this podcast.
0:38.4	Moms don't have time to read books.
0:40.4	I am also a newly minted USA Today bestselling author of the novel, Blank.
0:46.5	I've created a whole community of book lovers around this podcast, a publishing company,
0:51.8	reading retreats, a bookstore, and more.
0:53.9	Learn more at Zivimedia.com
0:56.3	or follow me on social at Zibby Owens or join the community at Zibby Readers. Griffin Dunn is the author
1:05.3	of the Friday Afternoon Club, a family memoir. Griffin has been an actor, producer, and director since the late 1970s.
1:12.8	Among his work, he produced and acted in after hours. He directed practical magic and the
1:18.0	documentary The Center Will Not Hold about his aunt Joan Didion. Griffin and his dog, Mary,
1:23.5	live in the East Village of Manhattan. Welcome, Griffin. Thank you so much for coming on Mom's Don't Have Time to read books to discuss the Friday afternoon club family memoir. It was so good. Oh, my gosh. I like it all up. Every word. So good. I'm so glad. I like your dog in the background there. I know. I was just looking. I was like, oh, my gosh, I should probably wake her up. There's mine right there. Oh, so cute.
1:44.4	Also asleep. I was just looking. I was like, oh, my gosh, I should probably wake her up. There's mine right there.
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