Caitlin Shetterly, The Gulf of Lions, and Lauren Schott, Very Slowly All at Once
Totally Booked with Zibby
Zibby Owens
4.5 • 643 Ratings
🗓️ 3 June 2026
⏱️ 37 minutes
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Summary
Caitlin Shetterly wrote about a mom with breast cancer in The Gulf of Lions, a follow-up to Pete and Alice in Maine. Then, in a strange plot twist, she got breast cancer herself. It’s hard to believe Caitlin’s diagnosis came after the fact because the emotions are so visceral and descriptive in the story. It’s like it had already happened. The plot centers on a mom taking her two teen/tween daughters to France for the summer after her husband cheated on her — and the unexpected twists and turns of the trip. Themes include family, secrets, trust, lust, and the joy of travel.
Lauren and I spoke about her novel, Very Slowly All at Once, about a couple who starts getting mysterious checks in the mail. The husband is an out-of-work professor who finds out something odd when visiting his mother in her post-stroke home. The wife is desperate to find excitement. What happens next? Read and find out.
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| 0:17.0 | slash join slash Zibby Owens. Check it out. Hi, this is Zibi Owens and you're listening to Totally Booked |
| 0:26.2 | with Zibby. Formerly, moms don't have time to read books. In my daily show, I interview |
| 0:31.3 | today's latest, best-selling, buzziest, or underrated authors and story creators, whose work I think is worth your time. |
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| 0:44.8 | look at everything that's coming out and spend my time curating the best books so you don't have |
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| 1:01.8 | Zibby Owens. Today we have a double episode, another two amazing escapist novels that will help you dream, escape, indulge, |
| 1:15.7 | and learn, and feel, and all the good things this summer. |
| 1:19.3 | Caitlin Shetterly is the author of Pete and Alice in Maine, and now The Gulf of Lions, |
| 1:24.8 | which is a standalone sequel to the first book. |
| 1:27.8 | Caitlin is also the author of three previous books, including Modified, Made for You and Me, |
| 1:32.3 | and the best-selling fault lines, stories of divorce. |
| 1:35.2 | Caitlin's work has been featured in The New York Times, The New York Times Magazine, |
| 1:38.2 | Orion L. Self, the Boston Globe, and on Oprah.com. |
| 1:42.4 | She is an editor at large for Frenchly, a French arts and |
| 1:46.1 | culture online news magazine for which she created the popular Le Weekend newsletter. A main |
| 1:50.8 | native, she graduated with honors from Brown and lives with her two sons and husband in her |
| 1:54.6 | home state. They travel to France regularly. Welcome, Caitlin. Thanks so much for coming on |
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