meta_pixel
Tapesearch Logo
Log in
Totally Booked with Zibby

Bonnie Garmus, LESSONS IN CHEMISTRY: A Novel

Totally Booked with Zibby

Zibby Owens

Connection, Inspiration, Moms, Entertainment, Arts, Reading, Books, Parenting, Literary

4.4602 Ratings

🗓️ 8 April 2022

⏱️ 29 minutes

🧾️ Download transcript

Summary

Bonnie Garmus joins Zibby to talk about her debut novel, Lessons in Chemistry, which has already been optioned for Apple TV by Brie Larson and is this month's GMA Book Club pick. Bonnie shares how the process of selling this book differed drastically from her previous novel (which was rejected ninety-eight times), where she learned the chemistry included in the story, and what moment in her professional history inspired her to write the first chapter of this project. The two also chat about how cooking is a form of chemistry and what Bonnie is reading right now.


Purchase on Amazon or Bookshop.

Amazon: https://amzn.to/3uXabtG

Bookshop: https://bit.ly/3j9rN07


Subscribe to Zibby's weekly newsletter here.


Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Transcript

Click on a timestamp to play from that location

0:00.0

Hi, this is Vivi Owens, and you're listening to the award-winning podcast. Moms don't have time to read books.

0:07.5

And speaking of books, I have two of my own books coming out this spring and summer.

0:12.7

Princess Charming is a picture book, which debuts on April 19th. And Bookends, a memoir of love, loss, and literature.

0:20.5

Comes out on July 1st, and it is truly a labor of love.

0:23.8

I hope you'll pre-order, order, and join me on tour as I go across the country.

0:28.5

You can find out more at Zibbyowens.com or bookendsmemoir.com.

0:34.3

And you can follow me on Instagram at Zibby Owens because I always post about everything. Enjoy the show.

0:41.3

Hi everyone. I need your help. If you love this podcast, you will love my children's book.

0:47.1

It's called Princess Charming and I am really trying to drum up pre-order sales.

0:51.7

You might not know this, but before a book comes out is actually a really important

0:55.4

time for the whole book's trajectory. So please pre-order Princess Charming, which comes out

1:01.4

April 19th today. Just stop what you're doing and go do that. Please. When it arrives on April

1:06.8

19th, you can give it to a loved one in your life, a niece, a grandchild, a child, a student,

1:14.0

a kid walking by on the street, anybody. But if you could do this, here is my offer.

1:20.6

If you email me your receipt showing me that you bought the book online somewhere and

1:25.7

pre-ordered it, email info at zibbyowens.com.

1:30.4

That's info at zibbyowens.com. And I will pick 10 people to do a special giveaway project

1:37.5

award to from my new bonfire merch store, which you should also check out, which is the Zibby Owens Media Bonfire store where

1:46.1

you can get all sorts of cool t-shirts and tote bags and author sayings and all sorts of great

1:51.6

stuff. So what did I say? Ten of you are going to get a special care package of your choice from

1:57.7

the Bonfire store. And I will pick at random from all of you who pre-order

2:01.7

the book. So if that wasn't clear, go pre-order Princess Charming. Again, it's called

...

Please login to see the full transcript.

Disclaimer: The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from Zibby Owens, and are the property of its owner and not affiliated with or endorsed by Tapesearch.

Generated transcripts are the property of Zibby Owens and are distributed freely under the Fair Use doctrine. Transcripts generated by Tapesearch are not guaranteed to be accurate.

Copyright © Tapesearch 2025.