Chloe Melas and Elizabeth Murphy, LUCK OF THE DRAW: My Story of the Air War in Europe
Totally Booked with Zibby
Zibby Owens
4.5 • 644 Ratings
🗓️ 28 February 2023
⏱️ 27 minutes
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Summary
Zibby interviews CNN entertainment reporter Chloe Melas and her mother Elizabeth Murphy about their late grandfather and father Frank Murphy’s book, Luck of the Draw: My Story of the Air War in Europe, which tells the epic true story of a WWII hero who cheated death for months in a German POW camp after being shot out of a plane. Elizabeth shares how shocked her family was when her father finally decided to share his story after years of silence, and Chloe describes the tremendous, years-long process of re-publishing the book. She also tells the story of the 100th Bomb Group (the Bloody Hundreth), highlighting her grandfather’s pivotal role and tremendous courage. Finally, the two share how thrilled they are for Tom Hanks and Steven Spielberg’s TV series Masters of the Air, which will feature Frank Murphy as a character!
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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. |
| 0:14.9 | I am also the publisher for Zibi Books, which publishes 12 books a year in fiction and memoir. |
| 0:21.9 | Our books are already out now. |
| 0:23.5 | You can check it out on ZippyBooks.com. |
| 0:25.6 | And we have a magazine called Zibby Mag where we have lots of wonderful essays and lifestyle |
| 0:31.2 | features. |
| 0:31.8 | That's at Zibbymag.com. |
| 0:33.1 | We have classes at Zippy Classes.com. |
| 0:35.4 | And I recently opened a bookstore in L.A. called Zibby's Bookshop |
| 0:40.3 | at 1-1-1-3 Montana Avenue at 11th Street in San Monica. I hope that you are able to enjoy some of |
| 0:47.9 | our other offerings. But this here podcast is the basis of all of it and started in 2018. |
| 0:56.1 | And no matter what I do, this is basically my favorite thing. Enjoy. Chloe Maylas and Elizabeth Murphy wrote the introduction |
| 1:06.8 | to Luck of the Draw, My Story of the Air War in Europe, which was written by Frank Murphy. |
| 1:12.7 | Frank is Chloe's grandfather and Elizabeth's father. Chloe, who I interviewed for this podcast about |
| 1:19.3 | her grandfather's book, is an entertainment reporter for CNN covering breaking news, industry |
| 1:24.2 | analyses, and in-depth investigations. She currently resides in the New York |
| 1:27.6 | area with her husband and two sons. Actually, Chloe is who interviewed me for CNN Book Club, |
| 1:33.3 | and who also interviewed Alicia Fernandez Miranda about my what-if year. Her mother, Elizabeth Murphy, |
| 1:39.0 | holds a master's of English literature from Northern Arizona University and is the author |
| 1:43.4 | of numerous children's books. |
| 1:44.9 | She currently resides in Atlanta, Georgia, where she was born and raised. |
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