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Totally Booked with Zibby

Deborah Tannen, FINDING MY FATHER

Totally Booked with Zibby

Zibby Owens

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

4.4602 Ratings

🗓️ 8 October 2020

⏱️ 31 minutes

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Summary

Deborah Tannen calls her father's life a walking tour through history - growing up in a Jewish community in Warsaw during World War I, The Bolshevik Revolution, The Great Depression - and Zibby was fascinated by his stories and the father-daughter relationship. Deborah and Zibby talked about dreams, communication, and reflecting on the past.

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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.

0:13.6

Please sign up for my newsletter at Zibbeowens.com for weekly updates about my podcasts, events, and more.

0:20.9

Also, follow me on Instagram at Zib Owens and also at Moms Don't Have Time to Read Books.

0:26.4

And finally, join my virtual book club called Zivie's Virtual Book Club,

0:30.4

which meets every other Tuesday at 2 p.m. Eastern Time until 3 p.m.

0:34.5

And features half an hour of book club discussion followed by 30 minutes of

0:38.1

Q&A with the author whose book we've just discussed. You can sign up on my website, zibbyowens.com,

0:44.3

under the virtual book club section, or even on Instagram under the link in my bio. I hope

0:50.2

you'll find me in all these different channels and enjoy this podcast. I don't know about any of you, but I am still obsessed with Mindy Kaling after her amazing appearance on The Office.

1:01.5

She is also an author, for those of you who don't know.

1:04.3

This is her third work.

1:06.1

It's called Nothing Like I Imagined.

1:08.4

And it's an Amazon original story. It's a collection of short stories,

1:12.6

six of them about how she juggles life as a new mom actress in Hollywood Powerbuncher.

1:17.0

And her story collection is actually the sponsor of this episode. It was written and narrated by Mindy.

1:22.8

And it's great to listen to on the go, available in audio and ebook format.

1:28.0

Prime members can listen and read it for free.

1:30.5

So you can download this today at Amazon.com slash Mindy Stories.

1:36.1

That's Amazon.com slash Mindy Stories.

1:40.1

It's absolutely hilarious and just you will not want to stop reading.

1:44.8

So check it out today.

1:46.1

Amazon.com slash Mindy Stories.

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