Emily Giffin, MEANT TO BE: A Novel
Totally Booked with Zibby
Zibby Owens
4.4 • 602 Ratings
🗓️ 1 October 2022
⏱️ 29 minutes
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Summary
#1 New York Times bestseller Emily Giffin returns to talk with Zibby about her eleventh novel, Meant to Be, which was inspired in part by John F. Kennedy Jr. and Carolyn Bessette-Kennedy's tragic love story. Emily shares why she wanted to return to the nineties for this book, where she continues to find inspiration for each new story (hint: it starts with thinking of her fans), and why she's such a sucker for love stories. The two also discuss how to cultivate an audience with authenticity and their mutual appreciation for the way female writers support one another in the literary world.
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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. |
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| 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 |
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| 1:13.7 | Emily Giffin is the author of meant to be a novel. This is the second time Emily has come on |
| 1:18.5 | moms and have time to read books. She is a graduate of Wake Forest University and the University |
| 1:23.1 | of Virginia School of Law, the number one New York Times bestselling author of many novels, |
| 1:29.6 | including something borrowed, something blue, baby proof, love the one you're with, |
| 1:33.7 | heart of the matter, where we belong, the one and only, first comes love, all we ever wanted, |
| 1:38.1 | the lies that bind and now meant to be, she currently lives in Atlanta with her husband |
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