Chandler Baker, THE HUSBANDS: A Novel

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Zibby Owens

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🗓️ 8 December 2021

⏱️ 28 minutes

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Bestselling author of Whisper Network Chandler Baker returns to talk with Zibby about her latest novel, The Husbands, a Stepford Wives gender-swap. Chandler shares why she wanted to write about the discrepancies in the division of domestic labor, as well as what the responses have been like from actual husbands. The two also discuss the things they love about being a part of the literary community, how Chandler finds time to write with two little kids, and what she is working on next.

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0:00.0	Hi, I'm Zibby Owens, and you're listening to the award-winning podcast, Moms Don't Have Time to Read Books.
0:07.1	If you like this podcast, you will love my new anthology called Moms Don't Have Time to Have Kids.
0:12.9	Check it out, and you'll hear from 49 authors about all sorts of things moms don't have time to do.
0:17.9	All the authors have been on this podcast. Also, check out my TikTok at With Zibby and Tracy, my other podcast, Sex Talk with Zivie and Tracy.
0:25.7	Check out Moms Don't Have Time to Write on Medium.
0:28.5	And of course, my new publishing company called Zivvy Books.
0:32.3	And now back to our daily author interview site and a quick hello from some of my kids.
0:36.9	Hi.
0:37.4	Hi. Hello. Enjoy the show.
0:41.1	Chandler Baker is the author of The Husbands, a novel. Chandler lives in Austin with her husband and
0:45.9	toddler, where she also works as a corporate attorney. She is the author of The Husbands, several
0:51.6	young adult novels, and her adult debut, which was Whisper Network,
0:55.7	which was a New York Times bestseller, and Reese's book club, Hellas Sunshine Pick.
0:59.8	She also contributed an essay in my recent anthology, Moms Don't Have Time to Have Kids.
1:05.3	Welcome, Chandler.
1:06.2	Thanks so much for coming on Moms Don't Have Time to Read Books to Discuss The Husbands.
1:12.1	So exciting. Thank you for having me. I feel like i get to see you twice in one week and i know this is great thank you so much for
1:17.9	doing the panel for moms no time to have kids that was great and thank you i'm sure you're exhausted
1:24.0	but not from that but not from that that. That was fun. I enjoyed that.
1:30.7	Anyway, thank you for writing your essay. Do you want to talk, do you want to just say what it's
1:34.5	about in case people are wondering? Sure. I wrote an essay about making online friends and how
1:41.2	sort of online friendships can be just as valid in your life as real life friendships.
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