Hey everyone, it's that time of year when all we want to do is relax on a beach or in the park

and get lost in a great book. To help you build the perfect summer reading list, I sat down

with two dear friends, fellow book lovers and brilliant authors,

Adriana Trigiani, and Isaac Fitzgerald. Isaac is a frequent guest on today, and he's the best-selling

author of Dirtbag, Massachusetts, a powerful memoir about self-discovery, family, and forgiveness.

And Adriana is the New York Times best-selling author of 21 books. She's also an

award-winning playwright, writer, producer, and filmmaker. And her latest novel, The View from Lake Como,

hit shelves this summer. Adriana and Isaac join me to talk about what makes a perfect beach read.

They share their favorite books for summer and offer some great book

recommendations for kids on summer break, as well as grads and dads. Plus, they answer questions

from Read with Jenna Readers. I'm Jenna Bush Hager. Welcome to my podcast, Open Book with Jenna. We're here for the summer.

It's the time of the year when we can't wait to pick up a good book.

We have space, hopefully, to read.

I have two of my favorite authors slash book lovers slash book recommenders,

Adriana Trigiani, okay, who has one of the books of the summer out,

which we're going to get to, and Isaac Fitzgerald, who is currently finishing writing a book.

Truly.

Don't tell my editor I'm here.

I know.

I have edits in in, like, days.

I hope you're going to send it to us the minute it's finished.

Oh, I absolutely.

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