Ann Leary, THE FOUNDLING: A Novel
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Zibby Owens
4.5 • 644 Ratings
🗓️ 30 July 2022
⏱️ 30 minutes
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Summary
Ann Leary, New York Times bestselling author of The Good House, joins Zibby to talk about her latest novel, The Foundling, which was inspired in part by her own family's story. Ann shares what she learned about eugenics in order to write the book, as well as how moving around a lot as a young girl has helped her as a writer. The two also discuss the story's metaphorical suitcase, the history of asylums and who resided in them, and who Ann fashioned each of her three protagonists after.
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| 0:58.3 | Thank you. at Zcastnetwork.com and definitely check out those shows as well. Anne Leary is the author of The Foundling, a novel. She is the New York Times best-selling |
| 1:02.8 | author of a memoir and four novels, including The Goodhouse, which I loved, soon to be a major |
| 1:08.4 | motion picture starring Sigourney Weaver and Kevin Klein. Her work has been |
| 1:12.1 | translated into 18 languages, and she's written for the New York Times, Plowshares, NPR, |
| 1:17.0 | Red Book, and Real Simple, among other publications. Her essay, Rallying to Keep the Game Alive, |
| 1:21.9 | was adapted for Amazon's television series Modern Love, starring Tina Faye and John Slattery. |
| 1:27.4 | She lives with her husband in New York. |
| 1:29.3 | Welcome, Ann. Thank you so much for coming on Mom Stone. Have Time to read books to discuss the |
| 1:33.9 | foundling, your latest novel. Thank you, Sammy. I'm so thrilled to be here. Thank you. I love your |
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