Brooke Lea Foster, ON GIN LANE
Totally Booked with Zibby
Zibby Owens
4.4 • 602 Ratings
🗓️ 28 July 2022
⏱️ 25 minutes
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Summary
Award-winning journalist and author of Summer Darlings Brooke Lea Foster joins Zibby to talk about her latest novel, On Gin Lane. The two discuss the real historical event that inspired this novel, what Brooke finds so magical about the summertime, and why she's so excited about her next book. Find more details about Brooke's summer writing contest on the new Moms Don't Have Time To site. Enter by August 15th for a chance to win a lunch with Brooke and Zibby in the Hamptons and more!
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| 0:00.0 | Hi, I'm Zivie Owens, the creator and host of the award-winning podcast that you're listening to right now. |
| 0:07.8 | Thank you so much called Moms Don't Have Time to Read Books. |
| 0:10.7 | It is a daily podcast 365 days a year, and each day we talk to an author about all of the things related to their career, their book, their life, and more in 30 minutes or |
| 0:21.1 | less, because who has time? I am now an author myself, although I wasn't when I started this |
| 0:25.9 | podcast, and you can get my new memoir, Bookends, a memoir of Love, Loss, and Literature, |
| 0:31.8 | wherever books are sold starting July 1st, and my children's book, Princess Charming. You can |
| 0:37.4 | learn more about me at Zibby Owens.com, |
| 0:39.5 | but really you're here to learn more about the authors, |
| 0:42.3 | and that is what we're going to do. |
| 0:44.4 | Also, be sure to check out all the other podcasts |
| 0:46.9 | in the ZCast Podcast Network. |
| 0:49.4 | You can learn more at ZCastnetwork.com |
| 0:51.9 | and definitely check out those shows as well. |
| 0:58.3 | Thank you. at Zcastnetwork.com and definitely check out those shows as well. Brooke Lee Foster is the author of On Jin Lane. |
| 1:01.5 | Brooke is an award-winning journalist whose articles have appeared in the New York Times, |
| 1:05.2 | The Washington Post Magazine, The Atlantic, the Boston Globe Sunday Magazine, |
| 1:08.5 | and Huff Post, among others. |
| 1:09.9 | An alumna of the Writing Institute at |
| 1:12.0 | Sarah Lawrence College. She's the author of three nonfiction books and the novels, Summer Darling's |
| 1:17.3 | and On Jen Lane. Welcome, Brooke. Thank you so much for coming back on Mom's No Time to read books to |
| 1:22.2 | discuss On Gin Lane, a novel, which for people, has one of the most gorgeous covers I have ever |
| 1:28.9 | seen. So if you are somewhere where you can quickly Google this cover on Gin Lane by Brooklyn |
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