Ann Napolitano, DEAR EDWARD
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Zibby Owens
4.5 • 643 Ratings
🗓️ 24 January 2020
⏱️ 26 minutes
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Ann Napolitano is the author of Dear Edward, which is a huge sensation. It's a December 2019 Book of the Month Club pick, a January Today Show #ReadWithJenna Pick and the Barnes & Noble January pick among many others. Ann spent 8 years writing this riveting novel, and I got to talk to her about the beautiful storyline, the writing process, her family, and more.
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| 1:10.5 | I'm here today with Anne Napolitano, who's the author of Dear Edward, which is a December |
| 1:14.9 | 2019 book of the month club pick, a January Today Show hashtag read with Jenna pick, and the |
| 1:21.1 | Barnes & Noble January pick, among many others. She's also the author of novels A Good Hard Look |
| 1:25.6 | and within arm's reach. She is the associate editor of One Story Literary Magazine. And in 2019, she was long listed for the Simpson-Joyce Carol Oates Literary Prize. Anne received her MFA from New York University and is taught fiction writing at NYU, Brooklyn College, and Gotham Writers' Workshop. She currently lives in Brooklyn with her husband and two children. Welcome, Anne. Thanks for coming on. Momsdon have time to read books. Thank you for having me. |
| 1:47.6 | Of course. Dear Edward, huge sensation already. Read with Jenna Today Show Pick, Barnes & Noble, |
| 1:55.7 | Book of the Month Club, Books a Million. So amazing. I know. It's very exciting and strange. Congratulations. |
| 2:03.8 | Thank you. And I'm not at all surprised because it's so good. You've spent eight years writing it. |
| 2:09.6 | So tell listeners what dear Edward is about. It is about a 12-year-old boy named Edward who is the sole |
| 2:15.6 | survivor of a plane crush. And there's two storylines in the |
| 2:19.1 | book. So the book starts with Edward and his family, his brother and his parents, and several other |
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