Amanda Pellegrino, THE SOCIAL CLIMBER: A Novel
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Zibby Owens
4.5 • 644 Ratings
🗓️ 14 March 2023
⏱️ 27 minutes
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Summary
Zibby speaks to TV writer and novelist Amanda Pellegrino about The Social Climber, a gripping page-turner about Eliza Bennett, her glittery wedding to Upper East Sider Graham Walker, and the secrets that might ruin it all. Amanda talks about her protagonist’s eating disorder, desperate need for control, and past involvement with an evangelical megachurch (which was inspired by her fascination with religious extremism). She also reveals her book’s original title, talks about her career in TV writing, and shares her best advice for aspiring authors.
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| 0:00.0 | Hi, I'm Zibi Owens, and you're listening to Moms Don't Have Time to Read Books. |
| 0:06.7 | This 30-minute podcast features a new author interviewed by me every single day, 365 days a year, for about 30 minutes. |
| 0:14.9 | I am also the publisher for Zibi Books, which publishes 12 books a year in fiction and memoir. |
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| 0:47.9 | our other offerings. But this here podcast is the basis of all of it and started in 2018. |
| 0:56.5 | And no matter what I do, this is basically my favorite thing. Enjoy. Amanda Pellegrino is the author of The Social Climber, |
| 1:06.1 | a novel. Amanda is a TV writer and novelist living in New York City. Most recently, |
| 1:10.5 | she worked on Showtime's Rust and Hulu's The Looming Tower. Her writing has appeared on Bech's, Refinery 29, Bustle, Elite Daily, and others. Author of Smile and Look Pretty, The Social Climber is her sophomore novel, otherwise known as her second novel. Welcome, Amanda. Thanks so much for coming on Mom's Don't have time to Read Bex to discuss the Social Climer. Thank you for having me. I'm so excited. I feel like I need to profess this audio-based interview with the fact that I have a cold. Okay. Everybody. Amanda has a cold. This is not her normal voice. Thank you. I'm sorry, you have a cold. |
| 1:44.4 | It's going around. |
| 1:45.3 | Yeah, it happens, I guess. |
| 1:46.9 | After three years of not being sick, this is, wow. |
| 1:50.2 | Yeah. |
| 1:50.5 | I have not gone three years without being sick, but that would be nice. |
| 1:54.0 | Yeah. |
| 1:57.0 | Okay, the social climber. |
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