Kate Hash, GRACIE HARRIS IS UNDER CONSTRUCTION: A Novel

Totally Booked with Zibby

Zibby Owens

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🗓️ 31 July 2025

⏱️ 25 minutes

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Zibby welcomes debut author Kate Hash to discuss GRACIE HARRIS IS UNDER CONSTRUCTION, a resplendent, moving love story that unfolds for tenderhearted Gracie—a mom of two and recent widow—as she navigates grief, reinvention, and second chances. The two dive into Kate’s unexpected journey to becoming a published author, the personal experiences that informed her portrayal of loss, and the book’s layered exploration of motherhood, fame, and healing. They also chat about the novel’s charming small-town setting, the meta experience of writing about writing, and the freedom found in starting over.

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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 zibbmedia.com and follow me on Instagram
0:40.2	at Zibby Owens. Kate Hash is the author of Gracie Harris is under construction, a novel.
0:48.8	Kate is a Chapel Hill, North Carolina-based debut novelist who enjoys creating and consuming
0:53.5	stories about dynamic women,
0:55.5	unexpected relationships, and the complexity that comes with entering midlife.
0:59.2	She has lived in Italy, run a business, and even appeared on an episode of House Hunters International,
1:04.1	one of her favorite two truths and alive facts.
1:06.5	During her four years abroad in the early 2010s, Kate operated a popular travel blog and contributed guides to the much-beloved design sponge.
1:14.9	Kate is currently the assistant vice chancellor for IT at the University of North Carolina and is mildly obsessed with college towns and the creative energy they produce.
1:23.9	Welcome, Kate. Thanks for coming on Tolly Books to talk about Gracie Harris's under construction, a novel. Congrats. Thank you. So happy to be here. So this is so crazy. You came on our retreat in Palm Springs and happened to mention, you're like, oh, yeah, actually I wrote a book. And actually the book is coming out. And I was like, oh, that's so nice for you. You're like, no, it's like coming out in a big way from Dutton and da-da-da-da and WME.
1:27.5	And I was like, oh, that's so nice for you. You're like, no, it's like coming out in a big way from Dutton and da-da-da-da and WME. And I was like, oh, okay. So I couldn't wait to read it. And I was like, oh, my gosh, I love your book. Love, love, love. Love. Thank you. And you were just like bopping along like any other retreater in one of our meds. Not that, Not to say there's anything wrong with the retreaters, but just like you're a fabulous writer.
2:05.6	Oh my gosh.
2:06.1	Oh, my goodness.
2:06.7	Thank you so much.
2:07.6	That means so much to me.
2:09.2	Okay.
2:09.6	Tell everybody what your book is about.
2:11.9	Oh, my goodness.
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