Claire Lombardo On ‘The Most Fun We Ever Had’

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4.6 • 924 Ratings

🗓️ 9 August 2019

⏱️ 14 minutes

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Summary

Chicago Magazine called this novel "a Midwestern Big Little Lies — an intimate character study of a group of affluent, secretive women."

In this bonus interview, Greta talks with author Claire Lombardo about her debut novel, ‘The Most Fun We Ever Had.’

It’s the story of four radically different daughters from suburban Chicago. And it’s about love, family, forgiveness and the importance of showing up.

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0:06.1	watch them. Their television's longest scripted series and have zero reruns. Now let me tell you,
0:12.7	soap operas aren't just some silly art form. They are significant. In this season of making,
0:18.0	Stories Without End from WBEZ Chicago.
0:25.7	Join me as I share how the genre began, their social impact, and why these stories endure.
0:28.3	Listen, wherever you get your podcast.
0:32.0	Hey y'all.
0:34.5	No, I can't do that because it's ripping off Sam Sanders.
0:35.3	Love you, Sam.
0:35.8	Okay.
0:36.9	Hey, yo.
0:41.1	No, that's weird too. Oh, hey, Greta Johnson here. I host Nerdad. Hey, this is Greta. I'm the host of Nerdad. And as many of you know, I have this other job here at WBE,
0:52.7	where I anchor Saturday mornings. and sometimes I get to do
0:56.6	super cool interviews that we put on the radio. And this week, we had such a fun interview that was
1:03.1	bookish, and so we were like, you know, we should just like toss this in the Nourdette feed because
1:07.6	the book fiends need to know. So, I'm going to bring you my interview with Claire Lombardo.
1:13.7	She just wrote this fabulous book.
1:15.8	It's called The Most Fun We Ever Had.
1:17.3	It is a great summer read.
1:18.7	Chicago Magazine actually called it the Midwestern Big Little Lies,
1:22.2	though I should say it's not super murdery.
1:25.2	It takes place in Oak Park, which is this super elegant old suburb that sits right next to one of Chicago's least resourced neighborhoods. And the book is about a couple and their four grown daughters. Each of them is magically messed up in their own special way. The first one is like a super unpredictable alcoholic. The second one is a
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