Welcome, Emma. Thank you so much for coming on Totally Book. So excited to have you here to talk about mean moms.

I am very excited to be here. As I said, this is my first time doing an interview about mean moms. We are just starting on the press for it. So I'm glad it's you, Sydney. I would expect no less.

Let me read you all a little bit about Emma Rosenblum, if you don't know a lot about her.

Although maybe you've listened to my, what, three podcasts with her already on totally book.

Emma Rosenblum is the best-selling author of Bad Summer People and Very Bad Company.

Previously, she was the chief content

officer of Bustle Digital Group, the executive editor of Elle, and before that an editor at Bloomberg

Businessweek, Glamour, and New York Magazine. She lives in New York City with her family.

Yay! By the way, before we talk about anything else, I just saw the announcement that Bad Summer People is going to be, what, a show, a movie? What is it?

Well, it's going to be adapted into a TV show. Fingers crossed. You never know. But Sarah Michelle Geller is attached to executive produce it and star in it as one of the leads. So that was exciting because I love Buffy. And when that deal came through, I was like, yes, thank God. We're going to be best friends. We haven't met yet, but I can like see it. It's like Sarah and Freddie Prince Jr. and me and my husband together. Double dates. We're going to be trips. White Lotus style. I'm manifesting it. I can't wait. Stay tuned for that. We will be keeping our eyes field. That's more important than the actual TV show getting made. Yes, I would like a TV show made just so I can be friends with her. That's all right. Perfect. Okay, mean, moms, this is so funny. I mean, I love all your books and I love the way you write. And maybe because I

am a mom here in New York City, it is particularly relatable to me. But I laughed out loud like a hundred

times. I even like started reading passages out loud to Kyle. I was like, this is so funny. And it's

just your quick, dark wit. And I'm like, what is she thinking about me now is basically what I'm thinking? Because you have this running monog. So everyone always thinks about me now. When they meet me and they're like, oh my God, like what is she going to put in one of her books? But no. It's all with love. It's all, I love this life that I've made in New York City and I love the moms that I know. And it's not based on anybody. It's just the idea of moms together in a group, whether it's in New York City or

anywhere else, there comes certain dynamics with that that I find very funny. So tell everybody

what Mean Moms is about. So Mean Moms is about a group of mothers at a private school downtown

in Tribeca-ish-ish.

And they are kind of a click in the school.

And at the beginning of the school year, a new mom comes to town.

And she's kind of mysterious.

She's very beautiful.

She's from Miami.

She's divorced.

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