Elyssa Friedland, THE MOST LIKELY CLUB
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Zibby Owens
4.5 • 644 Ratings
🗓️ 27 December 2022
⏱️ 30 minutes
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Summary
Guest host Allison Pataki interviews Elyssa Friedland about The Most Likely Club, an endearing and hilarious new novel about four life-long friends who haven't (yet) lived up to their sparkling high school yearbook superlatives. Elyssa talks about growing up in the 90s (and weaving her nostalgia into the story), the challenges of parenting and motherhood that she and her characters navigate daily, and the importance of friendship in her life and book. She also delves into each of her unique female characters, describes a day in her hectic life, and teases her upcoming children’s book.
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| 0:00.0 | Hi, I'm Zivie Owens, the creator and host of the award-winning podcast that you're listening to right now. |
| 0:07.8 | Thank you so much called Moms Don't Have Time to Read Books. |
| 0:10.7 | It is a daily podcast 365 days a year, and each day we talk to an author about all of the things related to their career, their book, their life, and more in 30 minutes or |
| 0:21.1 | less, because who has time? I am now an author myself, although I wasn't when I started this |
| 0:25.9 | podcast, and you can get my new memoir, Bookends, a memoir of Love, Loss, and Literature, |
| 0:31.8 | wherever books are sold starting July 1st, and my children's book, Princess Charming. You can |
| 0:37.4 | learn more about me at Zibby Owens.com, |
| 0:39.5 | but really you're here to learn more about the authors, |
| 0:42.2 | and that is what we're going to do. |
| 0:44.4 | Also, be sure to check out all the other podcasts |
| 0:46.9 | in the ZCast Podcast Network. |
| 0:49.4 | You can learn more at ZCastnetwork.com |
| 0:51.9 | and definitely check out those shows as well. |
| 0:58.4 | Thank you. at Zcastnetwork.com and definitely check out those shows as well. Alyssa Freeland is the author of the Most Likely Club. |
| 1:01.9 | This episode was guest hosted by Alison Pataki. |
| 1:05.3 | Alyssa has been on this podcast like 57 times for all of her books. |
| 1:08.6 | Okay, fine, not 57, but Alyssa is the author of five novels |
| 1:11.8 | and a forthcoming picture book. She attended Yale University where she currently teaches novel |
| 1:16.3 | writing and Columbia Law School. She lives in New York City with her husband and three children. |
| 1:20.7 | Hello, everybody. Alison Pataki here with Alyssa Friedland, author of the Most Likely Club, |
| 1:27.0 | Alyssa's fifth book. Alyssa, thank you so much for chatting with us today. Thank you for having me. Oh, my goodness. So nice to see you. So exciting. So nice to see you as well. So your fifth book. So good. So juicy. So thought-provoking. Will you just start by telling us a little bit about this book and your |
| 1:44.7 | decision to write it? Definitely. So the most likely club is about four women who were very good friends |
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