Jennifer Weiner, THE GRIFFIN SISTERS' GREATEST HITS: A Novel
Totally Booked with Zibby
Zibby Owens
4.5 • 643 Ratings
🗓️ 5 May 2025
⏱️ 32 minutes
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Summary
In this special episode (a live event at the Streicker Center!), Zibby is joined by #1 New York Times bestselling author Jennifer Weiner to discuss THE GRIFFIN SISTERS’ GREATEST HITS, a deeply moving family saga set against the glitz and chaos of early 2000s pop stardom. In front of an enthusiastic audience, the two discuss the novel’s themes of fame, secrets, sisterhood, and the price of talent, delving into the dark side of celebrity culture. Jennifer also reflects thoughtfully on music, body image, motherhood, neurodiversity, women’s experiences, and her Jewish identity.
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| 0:00.0 | Hi, this is Zibi Owens, and you're listening to Totally Booked with Zibby. Formerly, moms don't have time to read books. In my daily show, I interview today's latest, best-selling, buzziest, or underrated authors and story creators, whose work I think is worth your time. As a bookstore owner, publisher, author, and obviously podcaster, I get a comprehensive |
| 0:24.0 | look at everything that's coming out and spend my time curating the best books so you don't |
| 0:29.3 | have to. |
| 0:30.3 | Stay in the know, get insider insights, and connect with guests like I do every single day. |
| 0:36.2 | For more information, go to zibbimedia.com and follow me on Instagram at Zibby Owens. |
| 0:44.5 | Jennifer Weiner is the author of the Griffin Sisters Greatest Hits. |
| 0:49.3 | This is, I don't know, maybe your third, fourth time on this podcast. |
| 0:52.8 | Jen is the number one New York Times best bestselling author of 19 books, including that summer, |
| 0:58.6 | Big Summer, misses everything in her shoes, good in bed, and a memoir and essays hungry heart. |
| 1:03.7 | She has appeared on many national television programs, including The Today Show and Good Morning America, |
| 1:08.8 | and her work has been published in the Wall Street Journal and the New York Times, among other newspapers and magazines. Jennifer lives with her family |
| 1:15.2 | in Philadelphia. This is part of our series at the Temple Emmanuel Striker Center and was originally |
| 1:21.4 | an in-person event there, which is now being broadcast as a podcast. Next time, come see us in person. |
| 1:29.2 | Hi, everybody. How excited her way to be here with Jen Weiner today. Oh my gosh. So awesome. This is so great because the book |
| 1:36.8 | is sort of all about fame and audiences and performances. And here we are on stage. So I'm just going to |
| 1:41.5 | pretend that we're the Griffin Sisters. What do you think? |
| 1:46.3 | I won't ask who's which one. |
| 1:48.6 | Okay. Don't ask me to sick. Can you sing? |
| 1:56.3 | Very, like a three-note range. I sound good from like middle C to like D and that's kind of it. |
| 2:00.2 | You want to try it now? No. Nobody wants that. Oh my gosh. Okay. So Griffin's Sister's Greatest Hits |
| 2:04.8 | came out April 8th. Tell everybody. Has anyone read it yet? It just came out. Okay. I'm impressed. |
| 2:10.1 | I'm impressed. What's this book about? So the Griffin's Sisters Greatest Hits is the story of two sisters, |
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