Celebrate the American experiment with Charles Kenney, AMERICAN SYCAMORE
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Zibby Owens
4.5 • 644 Ratings
🗓️ 4 July 2024
⏱️ 27 minutes
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Summary
Zibby speaks to author Charles Kenny about AMERICAN SYCAMORE, a gripping, profoundly moving novel about the turbulence in today's American life and the invincible power of love between a husband, a wife, and their friend, even in the face of unthinkable tragedy. Charles shares stories from growing up in a big Irish Catholic family in Boston with a father who loved to read. He also describes the profound influence of his late son on his work—and reflects on the therapeutic power of writing in processing personal tragedy and creating deeply human characters in his novel.
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| 0:00.0 | Hi, I'm Zivie Owens, and I am the host of this podcast. Moms don't have time to read books. |
| 0:08.1 | I am also a newly minted USA Today bestselling author of the novel, Blank. |
| 0:14.2 | I've created a whole community of book lovers around this podcast, a publishing company, reading retreats, a bookstore, and more. Learn more |
| 0:22.2 | at Zivimedia.com or follow me on social at Zivie Owens or join the community at Zivie Readers. |
| 0:31.5 | Charles Kenny is the author of American Sycamore, a novel. Charles is the author of four |
| 0:36.7 | novels and many nonfiction books, |
| 0:38.4 | largely focused in the health care field. He serves as the chief journalist at Northwell Health, |
| 0:44.1 | the largest integrated health system in New York. And fun fact, he is the brother of John |
| 0:49.4 | Kenny, who has been on this podcast several times and whose book we are publishing with the Zibi |
| 0:54.7 | books, and that is called, I see you've called in Dead. |
| 0:57.6 | Anyway, this is his brother, Charles Kenny, and this book is beautiful. |
| 1:00.6 | Welcome, Charles. |
| 1:01.4 | Thank you so much for coming on Moms Don't Have Time to Read Books to discuss American |
| 1:05.2 | Sycamore. |
| 1:06.1 | Congratulations. |
| 1:08.2 | Thank you very much. |
| 1:09.4 | Thank you for having me. |
| 1:31.2 | And thank you for doing all of what you're doing, Zibbe. Really, it's crazy. This, this massive effort that you have been able to organically create this unit, this Zivvy birds. That it's just, it's a, it was really needed and you filled this need. And I think it's great because, you know, ignorance is the enemy in writing and reading and |
| 1:38.6 | helps in so many ways. So thank you for doing what you're doing. It's, it's great. |
| 1:43.8 | Oh, I appreciate you saying that. And I'm so glad. So your brother, John Kenny, as you know, |
| 1:49.4 | has been, I've been such a fan of his for a long time and I'm delighted to be publishing his next book. |
| 1:55.8 | So that is just so exciting. And now, having read your book, I see some similarities, but you're both so good |
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