Holly Goldberg Sloan, PIECES OF BLUE

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Zibby Owens

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🗓️ 16 June 2023

⏱️ 30 minutes

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Summary

Zibby speaks to feature film writer and New York Times bestselling author Holly Goldberg Sloan about Pieces of Blue, a compelling, humorous, and bighearted page-turner about a family attempting to restore a ramshackle beachside motel–and their own lives! Holly describes the conversation that inspired this novel, her childhood of international moves, the theme of loss in her stories and her life, and all the difficult, tragic moments she has experienced that have filtered into her writing. She and Zibby also discuss memories and how fascinating it is that we all remember things differently.

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0:00.0	Hi, I'm Zibi Owens, and you're listening to Moms Don't Have Time to Read Books.
0:06.7	This 30-minute podcast features a new author interviewed by me every single day, 365 days a year, for about 30 minutes.
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0:47.9	our other offerings. But this here podcast is the basis of all of it and started in 2018.
0:56.5	And no matter what I do, this is basically my favorite thing. Enjoy. Holly Goldberg-Sloan is the author of Pieces of Blue. She is also
1:07.9	the author of seven books for young readers, which have been translated into 27 languages.
1:12.7	Her novel, Counting by Sevens, was an E.B. White Honor book and sold over a million copies.
1:18.5	Also, a noted feature film writer, Holly wrote the Disney Blockbuster, Angels in the Outfield,
1:24.2	and she was the first woman to direct a live-action film for Disney, which she wrote and
1:28.5	directed The Big Green. The mother of two sons, Holly lives with her husband in Santa Monica, California.
1:34.2	Pieces of Blue is her debut novel for adults. Welcome, Holly. Thank you so much for coming on
1:38.7	moms don't have time to read books to discuss Pieces of Blue, your latest novel, and everything
1:42.8	else about you.
1:51.0	Thank you. Thanks so much for having me. I have watched your explosion. There's no other way to say it onto the book scene. And the first thing I want to say that calling it,
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