This is Women Who Travel, a now not-so-new podcast from Konde-Las Traveler

that digs deep into the realities of traveling as a woman today

and celebrates while we'll never stay home.

I'm Lalei Arikoglu, and this is my co-host Meredith Carey.

Hello, hello.

And today we are super excited to introduce a very special guest for the episode.

Novelist Meg Wallitzer is the author of nine books, including The Uncoupling, the Ten Year

Knapp, and The Interestings.

Her latest novel, The Female Persuasion, out this month, is perhaps our favourite yet,

dealing with notions of female power, adulthood, friendship, and what happens when one woman

opens up a world of opportunities for another. We couldn't be more excited to chat with her today.

So, hello, Meg. Hello, hello.

I feel like Lally's like banging them on the table. She's so excited.

I read the galley of people of persuasion in a fever over a weekend and then couldn't stop talking about

it grabbed meredith and was like you've got to read it immediately and then i gave my very well read

but also nicely wrapped galley to my mom for christmas all right and what did she think she has loved it

so far i think she finished it it was great there because I was reading the galley on the subway

just, just I think, when they'd been sent out, and this woman opposite me was also reading it.

Really? And we just gave each other this like nod of like, yeah, we're in the club.

What if she was your evil twin? I don't know. If I was blonde and tall. It was me.

We decided to start this podcast last year because we felt swept up in this really amazing moment that was just really celebrating and encouraging women.

And the book just feels really timely.

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