Amanda Bestor-Siegal, THE CARETAKERS: A Novel
Totally Booked with Zibby
Zibby Owens
4.5 • 644 Ratings
🗓️ 5 August 2022
⏱️ 30 minutes
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Zibby is joined by Amanda Bestor-Siegal to talk about her debut novel, The Caretakers, which was inspired in part by her experience as an au pair in Paris. The two discuss the social politics of being an au pair, why Amanda chose to tell the story from the six female characters' perspectives, and the main things she took away from her MFA. Amanda also shares how the loss of her mother inspired her to travel to Paris in the first place, and what the TV adaption of this novel will likely look like.
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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. |
| 0:58.4 | Thank you. at Zcastnetwork.com and definitely check out those shows as well. Amanda Bester Siegel is the author of The Caretakers, a novel, which by the way was one of |
| 1:03.8 | my favorite books that I read this spring. |
| 1:05.6 | And now this is taking forever for me to get this episode out, and I'm sorry we have such |
| 1:09.6 | a backlog, but don't let that influence |
| 1:12.2 | you. This book was so wonderful and really amazing. So listen to our episode. Amanda received her MFA |
| 1:18.9 | from the Missioner Center for Writers, University of Texas, specializing in fiction and screenwriting. |
| 1:24.0 | Her nonfiction work has been published in Three Penny Review, River Teeth, and Salon. |
| 1:27.9 | Amanda lived in France for four years before relocating to Austin, Texas. This is her first novel. |
| 1:33.5 | Welcome, Amanda. Thank you so much for coming on moms. Don't have time to read books to discuss the |
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