Cécile David-Weill, PARENTS UNDER THE INFLUENCE

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🗓️ 12 March 2020

⏱️ 23 minutes

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Cécile David-Weill is a French-American and the author of two novels Crush (under the name Cecile De La Baume) and The Suitors. She studied literature at La Sorbonne in Paris and was a regular contributor to the French magazine Le Point with a column entitled "Letters From New York."Cécile latest book, Parents Under the Influence: Words of Wisdom from a Former Bad Mother, is part memoir and part researched guide to parenting. Cécile and I discussed the personal parenting struggles that led her to tackle this material, the idea that often we parent with our childhood suffering in the forefront of our minds instead of our children, the cheat sheets she includes at the end of the book to give parents a quick peek at the basic principles, and the idea that there is no one perfect way to parent. I really enjoyed speaking with Cécile whose delightful French accent made me feel like I was strolling with a friend down the Seine. Not that I’ve actually done that, but a girl can dream.

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0:00.0	Hi, I'm Zibi Owens, and you're listening to the award-winning podcast.
0:12.1	Moms don't have time to read books.
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1:02.7	for getting your book onto fantastic podcasts like this one and so many other book podcasts out there
1:07.5	and all types of podcasts. I'm here today with Cecil David Weil, who is a French-American author born and based in New York.
1:14.4	She's a mother of three and a grandmother of seven.
1:16.9	She studied literature at La Sorbonne in Paris.
1:19.8	She is the author of two novels in English called Crush under the name Cecile de la Bomme and the Souters.
1:25.5	She was a regular contributor to the French magazine Le P-P-O-I-N-T, I don't know, can't speak French, with a column entitled Letters from New York. Her latest book is non-fiction, part memoir and part guide, called Parents Under the Influence Words of Wisdom from a former bad mother. Welcome, Cecil. Thanks for coming on. Momsdon have time to read books.
1:45.5	Thank you, Zabee, for having me.
1:47.0	Of course, my pleasure. And I love this French accent of yours.
1:50.2	I love it. It feels so exotic.
1:52.9	Like we're so having such a chic little, like we're having tea or so, I don't know.
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