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Andrew Riddker is the author of Hope, a novel. Andrew Riddker's debut novel, The Ultruists,

was a New York Times editor's choice, a Paris Review staff pick, an Amazon editor's pick, and The People Book of the Week. It was published in 18 countries. His writing has also appeared in the New York Times, Esquire Lamond, Book Forum, and elsewhere. A graduate of the Iowa Writers Workshop, Andrew lives in Brooklyn, New York.

Welcome, Andrew. Thank you so much for coming on Mom's't have time to read books to discuss your novel, Hope. Thank you for having me. I was just saying I'm like obsessed with your book and your voice. And I think it's so funny. And I posted this on Instagram, but I swear to God, I thought this girl was me on the cover.

And I had to, like, do a deep dive.

But ultimately, I think she has longer legs than me.

But anyway, this could have been me is the point.

I had a sweater just like this. And this was like my bomb mitzvah years looks just like this.

So I immediately identified with, with what's so crazy about that like, everybody seems to see themselves in this picture. Like, I was born the year this picture was taken, and I still look at it sometimes. And I'm like, was that my bar mitzvah? Is that, is that me? And I actually had a friend over the other day, not Jewish. He's like the waspiest guy I know. He's from Princeton, New Jersey.

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