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Totally Booked with Zibby

Christine Pride and Jo Piazza, YOU WERE ALWAYS MINE

Totally Booked with Zibby

Zibby Owens

Connection, Inspiration, Moms, Entertainment, Arts, Reading, Books, Parenting, Literary

4.4602 Ratings

🗓️ 4 August 2023

⏱️ 36 minutes

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Summary

Guest host Julie Chavez interviews bestselling co-authors Jo Piazza and Christine Pride about You Were Always Mine, a tender, provocative, and thoughtful novel about a Black woman who finds an abandoned white baby. The three discuss the themes of motherhood, adoption, and intimate interracial relationships, as they relate to the book and to their real lives. Jo and Christine also talk about their fascinating co-writing process, their friendship, and the books they are reading and loving. 


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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. Joe Piazza and Christine Pride are co-authors of

1:06.7

You Are Always Mine, a novel. This episode has been guest-hosted by Julie Chavez, host of the podcast

1:12.5

Ask a Librarian, and author of the upcoming Zibi Books title, Everyone but Myself. Joe Piazza is a best-selling

1:20.2

author, podcast creator, and award-winning journalist. She is the national and international

1:24.7

best-selling author of We Are Not Like Them, Charlotte Walsh, likes to win, the knockoff, and How to Be Married. Her work has been published in 10 languages in 12 countries, and four of her books have been optioned for film and television. A former editor, columnist, and travel writer, her work has also appeared in the Wall Street Journal, New York Times, New York Magazine, Glamour, L. Time, Marie Claire, The Daily Beast,

1:44.6

and Slate. She holds an undergraduate degree from the University of Pennsylvania in economics and

1:48.8

communication, a master's in journalism from Columbia University, and a master's in religious

1:53.5

studies from New York University. She lives in Philly with her husband, Nick Astor, and three

1:57.8

feral children. Christine Pride is a writer, editor, and longtime publishing

2:01.8

veteran. She has held editorial posts at many different trade imprints, including Doubleday,

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