Cardiologist ~and~ novelist! Shirlene Obuobi, BETWEEN FRIENDS & LOVERS
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Zibby Owens
4.5 • 643 Ratings
🗓️ 26 August 2024
⏱️ 23 minutes
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Summary
Ghanaian American cardiologist, cartoonist, and author Shirlene Obuobi joins Zibby to discuss her powerful, sexy, and emotionally brilliant new romance, BETWEEN FRIENDS AND LOVERS. Shirlene describes her protagonist, Josephine Boiteng, a former medical resident turned influencer who struggles with mental health, burnout, and an unrequited crush. She also delves into the novel’s medical and social media elements and the themes of love, vulnerability, and personal growth—revealing that she wrote this during a challenging period in her own life and used many of her experiences as inspiration.
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to Moms Don't Have Time to Read Books, hosted by me, Zibi Owens. |
| 0:07.6 | It's an award-winning podcast with over 1,900 episodes, all featuring authors of books you love and those you have yet to discover. |
| 0:15.5 | Listen daily five times a week. |
| 0:17.2 | Then go to Zivimedia.com and learn more about what the L.A. Times called the Zivieverse. |
| 0:22.7 | Zippy Media includes Zivis Bucshop, an independent bookstore in Santa Monica, |
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| 0:31.5 | Go check it out at Zivimedia.com and follow me on Instagram at Zivie Owens. |
| 0:36.8 | It'll take you where you need to go. Thanks for listening. |
| 0:42.8 | Charlene Oboobie is the author of Between Friends and Lovers, a novel. |
| 0:47.6 | Charlene is a Ghanaian American cardiologist, cartoonist, and author who grew up in Chicago, |
| 0:52.8 | Illinois, Hot Springs, Arkansas, and the Woodlands, Texas. |
| 0:56.2 | She appeared on Good Morning America to promote her debut novel on rotation and is a regular contributor |
| 1:01.2 | to The Washington Post. When she isn't in the hospital, she can be found drawing comics, |
| 1:06.2 | writing on her phone, and talking to everyone who will listen about women's heart health. |
| 1:10.5 | Welcome, Charlene. Thank you so |
| 1:11.9 | much for coming on Momstone and have time to read books to discuss between friends and lovers. Congratulations. |
| 1:17.9 | Thank you so much for having me, Zibby. I was just raving before we started about how much I'm loving |
| 1:23.6 | your book. So this is such a treat to get to discuss all the details. Tell listeners what |
| 1:29.1 | Between Friends and Lovers is about, please. For sure. So Between Friends and Lovers is about my main |
| 1:34.7 | character, Josephine Boateng. She just finished her medical residency and is unable to really |
| 1:39.3 | move forward with a typical job because she's dealing with a lot of mental health issues and burnout. |
| 1:46.7 | And so instead, kind of sustains herself through a career as an influencer. |
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