Jane Roper, THE SOCIETY OF SHAME
Totally Booked with Zibby
Zibby Owens
4.4 • 602 Ratings
🗓️ 14 April 2023
⏱️ 26 minutes
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Summary
Zibby interviews author Jane Roper about The Society of Shame, a heartfelt, witty, and hysterical satirical novel about forty-seven-year-old perimenopausal Kathleen Held, her cheating politician husband, and the big period stain that catapults her to unwanted fame (#YesWeBleed). Jane talks about her fascination with the internet and cancel culture, her journey to writing this book (and how she finally let herself be funny!), the inspiration behind the beautiful cover, and her experience raising twins while fighting her depression (which she wrote a memoir about). Zibby could not stop raving about Jane’s book and picked it for Zibby’s Book Club in August!
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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. |
| 0:14.9 | I am also the publisher for Zibi Books, which publishes 12 books a year in fiction and memoir. |
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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. Jane Roper is the author of the Society of Shame. And by the way, |
| 1:07.5 | I, like, loved this book so, so much. Jane is the author of two previous books, |
| 1:12.4 | a memoir, double time, and a novel Eden Lake. Her short fiction essays and humor have appeared |
| 1:17.1 | in publications, including McSweeney's internet tendency, the millions, the rumpus, salon, and poets |
| 1:21.9 | and writers, and on NPR. Jane is a graduate of the Iowa Writers Workshop and lives in the Boston |
| 1:27.2 | area with her husband and two children. |
| 1:29.6 | And by the way, Jane Roper's book, The Society of Shame, will be my August book club pick for Zibby's Book Club. |
| 1:36.0 | If you are not a member, go to zibbiesbookclub.com. |
| 1:39.7 | That's zibbiesbookclub.com and you can learn all about it. You can even start your own chapter |
| 1:46.0 | of the club if you are interested. Just go online and check it out in the meantime Jane Roper |
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