Caitlin Shetterly, PETE AND ALICE IN MAINE
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Zibby Owens
4.5 • 644 Ratings
🗓️ 9 December 2023
⏱️ 27 minutes
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Summary
Zibby interviews Caitlin Shetterly about her gripping, tender, big-hearted debut novel, PETE AND ALICE IN MAINE. The story, inspired by the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic, intimately explores a fractured marriage and the struggles of modern parenthood. Caitlin shares her writing process, which was influenced by her observations of the pandemic and the complexities of human relationships during crises. She also discusses juggling writing with motherhood and homeschooling her children, offering insights into her creative approach, which includes jotting down ideas in notebooks and writing in short, spontaneous sessions.
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| 0:00.0 | Hi, I'm Zibi Owens, and you're listening to Moms Don't Have Time to Read Books. |
| 0:06.7 | This 30-minute podcast features a new author interviewed by me every single day, 365 days a year, for about 30 minutes. |
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| 1:03.1 | Caitlin Shetterly is the author of Pete and Allison Maine, a novel. |
| 1:07.7 | Caitlin is the author of Modify and Made for You and Me, and the editor of the best-selling |
| 1:13.0 | fault lines stories of divorce. Her work has been featured in the New York Times, |
| 1:17.5 | The New York Times Magazine, Orion L. Self, and on Oprah.com, as well as on This American |
| 1:23.4 | Life and various other public radio shows. She is the editor-in-chief of Frenchly, a French |
| 1:28.5 | arts and culture online news magazine. A Maine native, she graduated with honors from Brown University |
| 1:34.0 | and now lives with her two sons and husband in her home state. Pete and Alice in Maine is her first |
| 1:39.1 | novel. Welcome, Caitlin. Thank you so much for coming on moms don't't Have Time to Read Books to discuss Pete and Alice in Maine. |
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